Abstract

SALVATELLA, Roberto. Chagas in Uruguay, 1937-2016: Basic information for prevention, control and care. Arch. Pediatr. Urug. [online]. 2016, vol.87, n.1, pp.49-52. ISSN 0004-0584.

Chagas disease, endemic in the Americas, is transmitted by vectors and has been one of the parasitic diseases with highest prevalence, morbility and mortality in Uruguay. Progress made in terms of prevention and control have contributed to interrupting vectorial and transfusional transmission. Today, congenital transmission is the most important way of transmission in Uruguay, and it is the only one that causes new cases.  Uruguayan physicians need to think about Chagas disease as a condition with non-specific infectious presentation, heart disease or digestive megaformations in patients with a medical history, family history and/or environment characteristics that are compatible with risk of infection.

Keywords : CHAGAS DISEASE; URUGUAY.

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