PMID: 11925984Apr 3, 2002Paper

Risk factors associated with asymptomatic infection by Leishmania chagasi in north-east Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
A J M CaldasA Barral

Abstract

Various factors have been associated with a predisposition to the development of clinical American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL). However, little information is available about the factors that predispose to asymptomatic infection. To identify the risk factors associated with asymptomatic infection, a study was carried out between July 1997 and June 1998 on children aged 0-5 years in the districts of Vila Nova and Bom Viver in the municipality of Raposa in the island of São Luís, State of Maranhão, Brazil. A questionnaire containing socioeconomic, demographic and epidemiological data was used. The delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) test was carried out on 639 children in the first phase, and on 572 in the second, 7 months after the first survey, using Leishmania amazonensis antigen. Infection was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 638 children during the first phase, and in 572 during the second. Six outcome measures were used: initial prevalence, final prevalence and incidence, each determined by DTH and ELISA. The incidence of infection was 10.8% when determined by DTH and 28.5% when determined by ELISA. After adjustment for confounding variables using Cox regression, infection by L. chagasi was associ...Continue Reading

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