Trypanosoma cruzi screening in Texas blood donors, 2008–2012

Chagas disease is an important emerging disease in Texas that results in cardiomyopathy in about 30% of those infected with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Between the years 2008 and 2012, about 1/6500 blood donors were T. cruzi antibody-confirmed positive. We found older persons and minority popula...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Epidemiology and infection 2016-04, Vol.144 (5), p.1010-1013
Hauptverfasser:	GARCIA, M. N., WOC-COLBURN, L., ROSSMANN, S. N., TOWNSEND, R. L., STRAMER, S. L., BRAVO, M., KAMEL, H., BEDDARD, R., TOWNSEND, M., OLDHAM, R., BOTTAZZI, M. E., HOTEZ, P. J., MURRAY, K. O.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Antibodies Antibodies, Protozoan - blood Blood & organ donations Blood Donors - statistics & numerical data Chagas disease Chagas Disease - epidemiology Chagas Disease - parasitology Cost estimates Epidemiology Female Humans Infections Laboratories Male Mass Screening Middle Aged Population Postal codes Prevalence Protozoa Risk Factors Seroepidemiologic Studies SHORT REPORT Socioeconomic Factors Texas - epidemiology Tropical diseases Trypanosoma Trypanosoma cruzi - isolation & purification White people Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Chagas disease is an important emerging disease in Texas that results in cardiomyopathy in about 30% of those infected with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Between the years 2008 and 2012, about 1/6500 blood donors were T. cruzi antibody-confirmed positive. We found older persons and minority populations, particularly Hispanic, at highest risk for screening positive for T. cruzi antibodies during routine blood donation. Zip code analysis determined that T. cruzi is associated with poverty. Chagas disease has a significant disease burden and is a cause of substantial economic losses in Texas.
ISSN:	0950-2688 1469-4409
DOI:	10.1017/S0950268814002234