title: [Epidemiology of Chagas disease in Chile. Frequency of human Trypanosoma cruzi infection by age groups and regions].
abstract: Chagas' disease is endemic in rural-periurban sections of the northern half of Chile which includes the first seven political-administrative regions of the country (18 degrees 30'-34 degrees 36' South lat.). Data concerning to the results of an indirect hemagglutination test for Chagas' disease performed to 15,418 rural-periurban and 45,119 urban inhabitants fron the chagasic endemic regions are presented. Migrations from rural-periurban to urban areas have contributed to the dissemination of Trypanosoma cruzi infection. General rates of infection for rural-periurban (r-p) and urban (u) sections were 16.7% and 1.9% respectively. The higher prevalence rates were detected in Region III with 27.2% (r-p) and 3.9 (u) and Region IV with 24.7% (r-p) and 3.5% (u), while the lower prevalence rates corresponded to Region VI with 7.0% (r-p) and 0.8% (u). Serological positivity increased parallelly with age in all regions.
authors: Departamento de Parasitología, Universidad de Chile, Santiago.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Schenone
authors: M
authors: M
authors: del C Contreras
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Salinas
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Sandoval
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Rojas
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Villarroel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Epidemiología de la enfermedad de chagas en Chile. Frecuencia de infección humana por Trypanosoma cruzi por grupos de edad y por regiones.