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[implementation and evaluation of a locally sustainable system of prenatal diagnosis to detect cases of congenital chagas disease in endemic areas of paraguay].a locally sustainable system of prenatal screening of trypanosoma cruzi infection has been implemented in rural health care centers of endemic areas in paraguay a total of 61.091 women from paraguari and cordillera departments were serologically evaluated, where 7.802 (12,7%) resulted to be anti-t. cruzi igg positive. a total of 1,865 infants born to seropositive mothers were examined by parasitological techniques, such as direct microscopic observation and polymerase chain reaction, and serolog ...200516482814
seroprevalence and sociocultural conditionants of chagas disease in school-aged children of marginal zones of asunción.chagas disease is becoming a public health problem in latin america due to the wide distribution, the high prevalence, the magnitude of the damage caused and the difficulties to control it. in paraguay, the disease is mainly distributed in the departments of paraguarí, cordillera and central. prevalence in marginal zones, where migrations from rural populations and endemic areas make possible the urbanization of the disease, has no been studied yet. this is a descriptive study with a cross-secti ...19989662961
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