Chagas' infection in university students of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. A serologic-electrocardiographic study Prevalecia de infección chagásica en universitarios de Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia
In order to learn the prevalence of Chagas' infection among students from Santa Cruz de la Sierra's universities, a random sample of 372 new students was drawn. All participants have had electrocardiograms (EKG) and serologic analysis (IHAT). 64/372 (17.2%) had serologic evidence of Chagas...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:44655688f5294e1c90ada638d7269aaf 2024-09-09T19:27:30+00:00 Chagas' infection in university students of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. A serologic-electrocardiographic study Prevalecia de infección chagásica en universitarios de Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia A. Gianella B. Von Poser P. Zamora 1994-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651994000600007 https://doaj.org/article/44655688f5294e1c90ada638d7269aaf EN eng Universidade de São Paulo (USP) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651994000600007 https://doaj.org/toc/0036-4665 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 doi:10.1590/S0036-46651994000600007 0036-4665 1678-9946 https://doaj.org/article/44655688f5294e1c90ada638d7269aaf Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 36, Iss 6, Pp 515-518 (1994) American Trypanosomiasis Cardiopathy Epidemiology Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 1994 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651994000600007 2024-08-05T17:49:30Z In order to learn the prevalence of Chagas' infection among students from Santa Cruz de la Sierra's universities, a random sample of 372 new students was drawn. All participants have had electrocardiograms (EKG) and serologic analysis (IHAT). 64/372 (17.2%) had serologic evidence of Chagas' infection, and from those, 10/64 (15.6%) had some EKG alterations. Among students presenting negative serologic test, 31/308 (10.1%) had EKG alterations. There was no statistical association between Chagas' infection and EKG alterations (X2=1.67, p=0.2). There was a positive association between Chagas' infection and intraventricular conduction defects and this association was higher among the students of 19 years of age or less (O.R. 10.4, p<0.05). Desde una población de 4600 nuevos estudiantes de la Universidad Estatal de la ciudad de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, se tomó una muestra aleatoria de 372 estudiantes a los que se les realizó un test de hemaglutinación indirecta (HAI) para enfermedad de Chagas y un electrocardiograma (ECG) convencional. El 17.2% (64/373) tenían el test HAI positivo y de estos el 16.5% (10/64) tenían algún trastorno electrocardiográfico. En el grupo con HAI negativa el 10% (31/308) presentó alguna anormalidad electrocardiográfica. No se observó asociación entre serología positiva para la enfermedad de Chagas y alteración del ECG en general (X2=1.67 p=0.2). Se observó una asociación positiva entre serología para Chagas y trastornos de conducción intraventricular (TCIV) y ésta parece intensificarse entre los menores de 19 años con un odds ratio de 10.4 (p<0.05). Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 36 6 515 518 |
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In order to learn the prevalence of Chagas' infection among students from Santa Cruz de la Sierra's universities, a random sample of 372 new students was drawn. All participants have had electrocardiograms (EKG) and serologic analysis (IHAT). 64/372 (17.2%) had serologic evidence of Chagas' infection, and from those, 10/64 (15.6%) had some EKG alterations. Among students presenting negative serologic test, 31/308 (10.1%) had EKG alterations. There was no statistical association between Chagas' infection and EKG alterations (X2=1.67, p=0.2). There was a positive association between Chagas' infection and intraventricular conduction defects and this association was higher among the students of 19 years of age or less (O.R. 10.4, p<0.05). Desde una población de 4600 nuevos estudiantes de la Universidad Estatal de la ciudad de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, se tomó una muestra aleatoria de 372 estudiantes a los que se les realizó un test de hemaglutinación indirecta (HAI) para enfermedad de Chagas y un electrocardiograma (ECG) convencional. El 17.2% (64/373) tenían el test HAI positivo y de estos el 16.5% (10/64) tenían algún trastorno electrocardiográfico. En el grupo con HAI negativa el 10% (31/308) presentó alguna anormalidad electrocardiográfica. No se observó asociación entre serología positiva para la enfermedad de Chagas y alteración del ECG en general (X2=1.67 p=0.2). Se observó una asociación positiva entre serología para Chagas y trastornos de conducción intraventricular (TCIV) y ésta parece intensificarse entre los menores de 19 años con un odds ratio de 10.4 (p<0.05). |
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Chagas' infection in university students of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. A serologic-electrocardiographic study Prevalecia de infección chagásica en universitarios de Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia |
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Chagas' infection in university students of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. A serologic-electrocardiographic study Prevalecia de infección chagásica en universitarios de Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia |
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Chagas' infection in university students of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. A serologic-electrocardiographic study Prevalecia de infección chagásica en universitarios de Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia |
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Chagas' infection in university students of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. A serologic-electrocardiographic study Prevalecia de infección chagásica en universitarios de Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia |
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chagas' infection in university students of santa cruz de la sierra, bolivia. a serologic-electrocardiographic study prevalecia de infección chagásica en universitarios de santa cruz de la sierra bolivia |
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