An Estimate of the Burden of Chagas Disease in the United States

被引：431
作者：
Bern, Caryn [1 ]
Montgomery, Susan P. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Div Parasit Dis, Natl Ctr Zoonot Vector Borne & Enter Dis, Atlanta, GA 30341 USA
来源：
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2009年 / 49卷 / 05期
关键词：
TRYPANOSOMA-CRUZI; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMPACT; TEXAS;
D O I：
10.1086/605091
中图分类号：
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号：
100102 ;
摘要：
Chagas disease causes the highest burden of any parasitic disease in the Western hemisphere. By applying published seroprevalence figures to immigrant populations, we estimate that 300,167 individuals with Trypanosoma cruzi infection live in the United States, with 30,000-45,000 cardiomyopathy cases and 63-315 congenital infections annually. T. cruzi causes a substantial disease burden in the United States.
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页码：E52 / E54
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