Title |
Seroprevalence of human Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the North of Estado de Mexico
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Published in |
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, December 2017
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DOI | 10.1590/0037-8682-0512-2016 |
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Authors |
Saúl González-Guzmán, Sergio Pichardo-Ávila, Eulalia Mimbrera-Rodríguez, José Antonio Crescencio-Trujillo, María de Lourdes Gasca-Leyva, Fernando Martínez-Hernández, Nancy Rivas, Ricardo Alejandre-Aguilar |
Abstract |
Chagas disease is a neglected public health problem in Mexico; however, detailed studies to determine the seroprevalence in some states have not been performed. A total 1,504 human serum from thirteen communities in Estado de Mexico, were analyzed with three diagnostics techniques. The overall seroprevalence was 9.1%, with high prevalence among people aged 51-60 years, while people aged 0-29 years were seronegative against T. cruzi. Our data demonstrated the seroprevalence of T. cruzi in the North of the Estado de Mexico, an area considered as non-endemic; however, epidemiological conditions necessary for natural transmission were found. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Argentina | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 13 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 15% |
Researcher | 2 | 15% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 8% |
Student > Master | 1 | 8% |
Other | 1 | 8% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 6 | 46% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 23% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 8% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 8% |
Unknown | 8 | 62% |