Aims: To assess the prevalence of Chagas disease in pregnant women in Iquitos City, Peru.
Material and Methods: Cross-sectional survey in 300 pregnant women in Iquitos (Peru) from 1 May 2019 to 15 June 2019. Women were tested using an ELISA serology test.
Results: Serology was positive in one case (prevalence: 0.33%; 95% confidence interval: 7.1–13.9%), of a 25-year-old woman who lived in a wooden house with a leaf roof in a periurban area of Iquitos. She was familiar with kissing bugs and had chronic, asymptomatic Chagas disease.
Conclusion: The prevalence of Chagas disease is low in the urban and peri-urban area of the city of Iquitos.
中文翻译:
秘鲁亚马逊河流域孕妇的恰加斯病。跨学科研究
目的: 评估秘鲁伊基托斯市孕妇恰加斯病的患病率。
材料与方法: 从2019年5月1日至2019年6月15日在伊基托斯(秘鲁)对300名孕妇进行横断面调查。使用ELISA血清学测试对妇女进行了测试。
结果:在伊基托斯郊区地区居住在带叶屋顶的木屋中的一名25岁妇女中,血清学检查呈阳性(患病率:0.33%; 95%置信区间:7.1-13.9%)。她熟悉接吻小虫,并患有慢性无症状恰加斯病。
结论: 在伊基托斯市的城市和城郊地区,恰加斯病的患病率较低。