title: New cases of Chagas disease in a rural area of Northeast Brazilian.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Chagas disease is considered one of the 17 most neglected tropical diseases in the World, with the most common form of vector transmission.
  
  
  METHODS
  This structured cross-sectional study was conducted through an epidemiological survey in the Tobias Barreto municipality of Sergipe.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 255 participants, 1 (0.4%) participant was positive for human Chagas disease. Approximately 30.2% of the participants found the triatomine bugs in their houses and outbuildings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The detection of a case indicated transmission, which was also evidenced by the presence of triatomines and poor housing conditions.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Graduação em Biologia Parasitária - Mestrado, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil.
authors.forename: Diana Matos
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Euzébio
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil.
authors.forename: Genilde Gomes
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil.
authors.forename: Flávia Oliveira da
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Dalmo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Correia
authors.affiliation: Escola de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bernard Guimarães
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Doenças Infecciosas, Hospital Universitário, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil.
authors.forename: Angela Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D014225:Triatominae / Q000469:parasitology*; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi; D055815:Young Adult