348.3: Prevalence of Chagas Disease in Deceased Donors From Argentina

Antik, Ariel; Hidalgo, Gabriela; Anders, Margarita; Piñero, Federico; Krogh, Daniela Hansen; Tagliafichi, Viviana; Silva, Marcelo; Mendizábal, Manuel; Antinucci, Florencia; Brutti, Julia; Bisigniano, Liliana

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“…In the transplant recipients, the disease is generally caused by reactivation of chronic infection or by donor‐derived transmission. In Argentina, the annual prevalence of Chagas disease in effective donors ranges from 2.5% to 5%, 28 but it may reach up to 11% among transplant donors from the northern provinces of the country 29 . The usual clinical manifestations of Chagas disease in SOT recipients include fever and the occurrence of single or multiple painful cutaneous lesions described as subcutaneous nodules or erythematous plaques that may eventually ulcerate 30,31 .…”

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Interesting case from Argentina: Kidney transplant recipient with skin lesions—A Latin American perspective

Radisic,

Santoro Lopes,

Hasslocher‐Moreno

et al. 2024

Transplant Infectious Dis

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Interesting case from Argentina: Kidney transplant recipient with skin lesions—A Latin American perspective

Radisic,

Santoro Lopes,

Hasslocher‐Moreno

et al. 2024

Transplant Infectious Dis

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“…In Latino-American countries, considered endemic for CD, there are still places with high seroprevalence, such as in the province of Cordillera, located in the Bolivian Chaco, where seroprevalence of 22.0% in children with average age of 13 years old has been found [28]. Among many forms of CD spread in these countries, we have: vector transmission, such as in Brazil [29]; congenital transmission, such as in Ecuador [30] and Colombia [31]; oral transmission, as noticed in a Venezuelan school [32]; and by blood transfusion or organ transplant, such as in Argentina [33].…”

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Predictor Variables in the Spread of Chagas Disease in Rural Areas

de Sousa Leite,

de Rezende Feres,

Scalize

2024

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Over a hundred years ago after the discovery of Chagas disease (CD) in Brazil, the World Health Organization estimates a number of 6 to 7 million people infected by Trypanosoma cruzi worldwide. Therefore, the goal of this work was to identify variables related to the spread of infection by T. cruzi in humans living in rural areas, seeking predictor variables. A systematic review of the literature has been conducted, with a search in the Scopus platform, using the search string “Chagas disease” and “rural”, resulting in 85 valid and analyzed scientific studies (1977 and 2022). Twenty-seven predictor variables have been acquired, and 19 of them have been grouped, such as: socioeconomic and educational, housing, environmental, sanitary, and cultural; and 8 variables related to T. cruzi seropositive individuals. The predictor variables yielded significant results (p-value < 0.05) in 59.5% of the cases (195/328), with a median of 66.7%. In other words, studies relating to 50% of the 27 variables showed significance equal to or greater than 66.7% of the time. The independent variables with the highest proportion of significant data (p-value < 0.05) were Education (87.6%), Intradomicile building (70%), Domestic animals (69.6%), and Triatomines (69.2%) in the households. Some variables reached 100%; however, few articles were found, indicating the need for further research, especially for Sanitation and Culture. It has been concluded that, in the several contexts found, the social vulnerability and lack of information led the individual to living in environments where inhabitability is inadequate, to perform limited work activity and develop habits and behaviors which impair them in an environmental insalubrity situation, favorable to the access of vectors and pathogens of anthropozoonoses such as CD.

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348.3: Prevalence of Chagas Disease in Deceased Donors From Argentina

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Interesting case from Argentina: Kidney transplant recipient with skin lesions—A Latin American perspective

Interesting case from Argentina: Kidney transplant recipient with skin lesions—A Latin American perspective

Predictor Variables in the Spread of Chagas Disease in Rural Areas

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