Using a Chagas disease hospital database: a clinical and epidemiological patient profile

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Chagas disease (CD) prevention and control rely on studies of its distribution, characteristics of individuals affected and mode of transmission. CD data in Brazil are scarce; a retrospective analysis of the clinical characteristics of 80 patients treated at the Clinical Hospital of UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil, was performed. METHODS: Patient data records were analyzed. RESULTS: Thirty percent of the patients probably got infected through vector-borne transmission, 65% came from endemic areas, a predominance of cardiac and cardiodigestive forms was found among males, and the cardiac form prevailed (51%). CONCLUSIONS: The results update the view on the epidemiology of CD in Campinas, Brazil.

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Main Authors:	Bruscato,Andressa, Pereira,Mariane Barroso, Archilia,Mariana Degaki, Teodoro,Thassia Mariane, Almeida,Eros Antônio de, Martins,Luiz Cláudio, Peloso,Eduardo de Figueiredo, Gadelha,Fernanda Ramos
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2018
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822018000600831
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