Spatio-temporal distribution of hospitalizations for chronic Chagas disease and risk factors associated with in-hospital mortality and surgical intervention in Chile.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Nicolhole Atero, Marisa Torres, Angélica Domínguez, Benjamín Diethelm-Varela, Francisca Córdova-Bührle, Fernando O Mardones
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Kendall
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012124; https://doaj.org/article/28718150173048a2acffd6067fb28131

Chagas disease (CD) is a neglected parasitic zoonotic disease that affects over 6 million people worldwide. We conducted a retrospective study to analyze the spatiotemporal trends and risk factors for hospitalization rates of CD with cardiac and digestive diagnoses in Chile. We used the Mann-Kendall...