INVESTIGADORES
MENDICINO Diego Antonio
artículos
Título:
Chagas disease in children from the Gran Chaco region: A bibliographic appraisal
Autor/es:
MENDICINO DIEGO; BOTTASSO OSCAR
Revista:
TROPICAL DOCTOR
Editorial:
ROYAL SOC MEDICINE PRESS LTD
Referencias:
Año: 2022
ISSN:
0049-4755
Resumen:
In the Gran Chaco region, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) declared the interruption of vector transmission of Chagas Disease in Paraguay and some district of Argentina.After a bibliographic search, by using the words ?Chagas, prevalence, children, Chaco?, on scientiphic articles indexedin Pubmed and Lilacs during the 2010?2021 period, we found nine studies which dealt with entomological data seroprevalence surveys of Chagas Disease in Argentine children and three studies in Bolivian children.More field studies need to be published to better understand the epidemiological situation in children from the region.Due to its social and ecological characteristics, the Gran Chaco region remains a hotspot for Chagas Disease affectingdisproportionally rural communities and certain vulnerable ethnics groups.
