Epidemiological and clinical profile of patients with Chagas disease in the Central-North area of Paraná, Southern Brazil

Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical
Aretuza Zaupa GasparimMax Jean de Ornelas Toledo

Abstract

Profiles of patients with Chagas disease in Paraná were studied. A descriptive, questionnaire-based study was performed. Of 270 participants, 64% were female, 60% were aged ≥65 years, 91% were infected via vector transmission, and 44% were infected in Paraná. Indeterminate (30%), cardiac (36%), cardiodigestive (20%) and digestive (14%) forms were found. Patients who were older than 65 years of age, retired, female, living in the urban area of Maringá, and infected by vector transmission in childhood in Paraná presented cardiac and digestive signs and did not receive etiological treatment when first diagnosed.

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