Acute Chagas Disease Outbreak among Military Personnel, Colombia, 2021
We report an acute Chagas disease outbreak among soldiers in Colombia. Trypanosoma cruzi infection was confirmed through parasitology, serology, and molecular methods. Among 9 affected soldiers, 2 died; 7 were hospitalized and received benznidazole treatment, which produced favorable outcomes. Perso...
- Autores:
- Tipo de recurso:
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2023
- Institución:
- Universidad del Rosario
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/42124
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/42124
- Palabra clave:
- Chagas disease
Colombia
Trypanosoma cruzi
disease outbreaks
military personnel
parasites
vector-borne infections.
- Rights
- License
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
| Summary: | We report an acute Chagas disease outbreak among soldiers in Colombia. Trypanosoma cruzi infection was confirmed through parasitology, serology, and molecular methods. Among 9 affected soldiers, 2 died; 7 were hospitalized and received benznidazole treatment, which produced favorable outcomes. Personnel patrolling rural areas in Colombia could be at increased risk for Chagas disease. |
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