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Chagas disease in children from the Gran Chaco region: A bibliographic appraisal
Diego Mendicino1, Oscar Bottasso2
1Centro de Investigaciones sobre Endemias Nacionales, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, 199757Universidad Nacional del Litoral. CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria, Paraje El Pozo, CP 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina.
Abstract:
In the Gran Chaco region, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) declared the interruption of vector transmission of Chagas Disease in Paraguay and some district of Argentina.After a bibliographic search, by using the words "Chagas, prevalence, children, Chaco", on scientiphic articles indexed in Pubmed and Lilacs during the 2010-2021 period, we found nine studies which dealt with entomological data seroprevalence surveys of Chagas Disease in Argentine children and three studies in Bolivian children.More field studies need to be published to better understand the epidemiological situation in children from the region. Due to its social and ecological characteristics, the Gran Chaco region remains a hotspot for Chagas Disease affecting disproportionally rural communities and certain vulnerable ethnics groups.
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