Acute Chagas Disease Caused by
DTUs TcIV and TcIII
forest triatomines
molecular diagnosis
Journal
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)
ISSN: 1557-7759
Titre abrégé: Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 100965525
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2022
04 2022
Historique:
pubmed:
12
4
2022
medline:
26
4
2022
entrez:
11
4
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Recurrent outbreaks of oral infection and isolated cases characterize the new epidemiological scenario of Chagas disease (CD) in the Brazilian Amazon. Acute Chagas disease (ACD) is common in Pará and Amazonas, Northeastern and Northwestern Brazilian Amazonia. In the present study, we describe the first molecularly characterized autochthonous case of ACD in Rondônia, Southwestern Amazonia. The patient, a 39-year-old male resident in the small city of Cujubim, presented typical ACD symptoms: fever, asthenia, myalgia, progressive dyspnea, swelling of the legs, and tiredness at minimal efforts, all compatible with ACD and indicative of cardiac involvement. A thick blood drop test revealed trypomastigote forms of
Identifiants
pubmed: 35404133
doi: 10.1089/vbz.2021.0086
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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