Lack of association between blood-based detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA and cardiac involvement in a non-endemic area

作者:Norman F F*; Perez Ayala A; Perez Molina J A; Flores Chavez M; Canavate C; Lopez Velez R
来源:Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 2011, 105(6): 425-430.
DOI:10.1179/1364859411Y.0000000033

摘要

Cases of chronic Chagas disease have been increasing in non-endemic areas due to the growth in immigration. This study examined the association between positive Trypanosoma cruzi-DNA detection in blood by PCR and presence of chagasic cardiac involvement in a cohort of immigrants in a European city. No association was found in this study between the positive T. cruzi blood PCR and cardiac involvement.

  • 出版日期2011-9