An appraisal of the epidemiology of Trypanosoma cruzi serology in Brazil
A large bibliographic survey provided data on Trypanosoma cruzi serology covering the period l948-l984. Epidemiological-demographic methods provided an estimate of 11% for the prevalenceof positive serology in Brazil, by 1984. Significant temporal trends were observed for most of the Brazilian geogr...
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1991-06-01
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| description | A large bibliographic survey provided data on Trypanosoma cruzi serology covering the period l948-l984. Epidemiological-demographic methods provided an estimate of 11% for the prevalenceof positive serology in Brazil, by 1984. Significant temporal trends were observed for most of the Brazilian geographical regions as well as for Brazil, as a whole. The parabolic curve that fit best for the entire country, indicates that by 1991, the incidence of new positive serology would be close to zero. This conclusion needs further fine-adjustment, since the forecast point is somewhat distant from the measured period. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3fc8a018095f47c58b79dce4085e493d2023-09-02T13:54:24ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz0074-02761678-80601991-06-0186215916710.1590/S0074-02761991000200004An appraisal of the epidemiology of Trypanosoma cruzi serology in BrazilM. F. FeitosaH. KriegerA large bibliographic survey provided data on Trypanosoma cruzi serology covering the period l948-l984. Epidemiological-demographic methods provided an estimate of 11% for the prevalenceof positive serology in Brazil, by 1984. Significant temporal trends were observed for most of the Brazilian geographical regions as well as for Brazil, as a whole. The parabolic curve that fit best for the entire country, indicates that by 1991, the incidence of new positive serology would be close to zero. This conclusion needs further fine-adjustment, since the forecast point is somewhat distant from the measured period.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761991000200004Trypanosoma cruzi serologytemporal variationseroepidemiology |
| spellingShingle | M. F. Feitosa H. Krieger An appraisal of the epidemiology of Trypanosoma cruzi serology in Brazil Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Trypanosoma cruzi serology temporal variation seroepidemiology |
| title | An appraisal of the epidemiology of Trypanosoma cruzi serology in Brazil |
| title_full | An appraisal of the epidemiology of Trypanosoma cruzi serology in Brazil |
| title_fullStr | An appraisal of the epidemiology of Trypanosoma cruzi serology in Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | An appraisal of the epidemiology of Trypanosoma cruzi serology in Brazil |
| title_short | An appraisal of the epidemiology of Trypanosoma cruzi serology in Brazil |
| title_sort | appraisal of the epidemiology of trypanosoma cruzi serology in brazil |
| topic | Trypanosoma cruzi serology temporal variation seroepidemiology |
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