Acute Pediatric Chagas Disease in Antioquia, Colombia: A Geographic Location of Suspected Oral Transmission
Chagas disease, <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> infection, is an insidious cause of heart failure in Latin America. Early diagnosis and treatment are critical to prevent irreversible myocardial damage that progressively accumulates over decades. Several structural barriers account for the less...
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| author | Lídia Gual-Gonzalez Catalina Arango-Ferreira Laura Camila Lopera-Restrepo Omar Cantillo-Barraza Daniela Velásquez Marín Natalia Restrepo Bustamante Omar Triana-Chavez Melissa S. Nolan |
| author_facet | Lídia Gual-Gonzalez Catalina Arango-Ferreira Laura Camila Lopera-Restrepo Omar Cantillo-Barraza Daniela Velásquez Marín Natalia Restrepo Bustamante Omar Triana-Chavez Melissa S. Nolan |
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| description | Chagas disease, <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> infection, is an insidious cause of heart failure in Latin America. Early diagnosis and treatment are critical to prevent irreversible myocardial damage that progressively accumulates over decades. Several structural barriers account for the less than 1% of cases in Colombia being treated, including poor physician knowledge, especially considering that some regions are considered non-endemic. The two cases reported here represent an emerging epidemiologic scenario associated with pediatric Chagas disease. Both cases are suspected oral transmitted parasitic infection in a geographic region of Colombia (Andean region of Antioquia) where no previous oral transmission of Chagas disease had been reported. Their clinical histories and course of disease are presented here to increase physician awareness of the epidemiologic risk factors and clinical manifestations associated with pediatric oral Chagas disease in Antioquia department, Colombia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-94c98c41631c46b296fefaba4f51ecae2023-11-23T14:45:49ZengMDPI AGMicroorganisms2076-26072021-12-01101810.3390/microorganisms10010008Acute Pediatric Chagas Disease in Antioquia, Colombia: A Geographic Location of Suspected Oral TransmissionLídia Gual-Gonzalez0Catalina Arango-Ferreira1Laura Camila Lopera-Restrepo2Omar Cantillo-Barraza3Daniela Velásquez Marín4Natalia Restrepo Bustamante5Omar Triana-Chavez6Melissa S. Nolan7Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USADepartamento de Pediatría Hospital San Vicente Fundación, Medellin 050010, ColombiaGrupo de Gastrohepatología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin 050010, ColombiaGrupo Biología y Control de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin 050010, ColombiaDepartamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, MMedellin 050010, ColombiaDepartamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, MMedellin 050010, ColombiaGrupo Biología y Control de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin 050010, ColombiaArnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USAChagas disease, <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> infection, is an insidious cause of heart failure in Latin America. Early diagnosis and treatment are critical to prevent irreversible myocardial damage that progressively accumulates over decades. Several structural barriers account for the less than 1% of cases in Colombia being treated, including poor physician knowledge, especially considering that some regions are considered non-endemic. The two cases reported here represent an emerging epidemiologic scenario associated with pediatric Chagas disease. Both cases are suspected oral transmitted parasitic infection in a geographic region of Colombia (Andean region of Antioquia) where no previous oral transmission of Chagas disease had been reported. Their clinical histories and course of disease are presented here to increase physician awareness of the epidemiologic risk factors and clinical manifestations associated with pediatric oral Chagas disease in Antioquia department, Colombia.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/10/1/8<i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i>oral transmissionpediatric Chagas diseaseColombiaAntioquia |
| spellingShingle | Lídia Gual-Gonzalez Catalina Arango-Ferreira Laura Camila Lopera-Restrepo Omar Cantillo-Barraza Daniela Velásquez Marín Natalia Restrepo Bustamante Omar Triana-Chavez Melissa S. Nolan Acute Pediatric Chagas Disease in Antioquia, Colombia: A Geographic Location of Suspected Oral Transmission Microorganisms <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> oral transmission pediatric Chagas disease Colombia Antioquia |
| title | Acute Pediatric Chagas Disease in Antioquia, Colombia: A Geographic Location of Suspected Oral Transmission |
| title_full | Acute Pediatric Chagas Disease in Antioquia, Colombia: A Geographic Location of Suspected Oral Transmission |
| title_fullStr | Acute Pediatric Chagas Disease in Antioquia, Colombia: A Geographic Location of Suspected Oral Transmission |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute Pediatric Chagas Disease in Antioquia, Colombia: A Geographic Location of Suspected Oral Transmission |
| title_short | Acute Pediatric Chagas Disease in Antioquia, Colombia: A Geographic Location of Suspected Oral Transmission |
| title_sort | acute pediatric chagas disease in antioquia colombia a geographic location of suspected oral transmission |
| topic | <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> oral transmission pediatric Chagas disease Colombia Antioquia |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/10/1/8 |
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