Integrated control of Chagas disease for its elimination as public health problem - A Review



Título del documento: Integrated control of Chagas disease for its elimination as public health problem - A Review
Revista: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000392273
ISSN: 0074-0276
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Ministerio de Salud, Instituto Nacional de Parasitología Dr Mario Fatala Chaben, Buenos Aires. Argentina
Año:
Periodo: May
Volumen: 110
Número: 3
Paginación: 289-298
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico
Resumen en inglés Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis is, together with geohelminths, the neglected disease that causes more loss of years of healthy life due to disability in Latin America. Chagas disease, as determined by the factors and determinants, shows that different contexts require different actions, preventing new cases or reducing the burden of disease. Control strategies must combine two general courses of action including prevention of transmission to prevent the occurrence of new cases (these measures are cost effective), as well as opportune diagnosis and treatment of infected individuals in order to prevent the clinical evolution of the disease and to allow them to recuperate their health. All actions should be implemented as fully as possible and with an integrated way, to maximise the impact. Chagas disease cannot be eradicated due because of the demonstrated existence of infected wild triatomines in permanent contact with domestic cycles and it contributes to the occurrence of at least few new cases. However, it is possible to interrupt the transmission ofTrypanosoma cruzi in a large territory and to eliminate Chagas disease as a public health problem with a dramatic reduction of burden of the disease
Disciplinas: Medicina
Palabras clave: Microbiología,
Salud pública,
Enfermedad de Chagas,
Trypanosoma cruzi,
Prevención,
Control,
Enfermedades olvidadas,
Mecanismos de transmisión,
Atención a la salud
Keyword: Medicine,
Microbiology,
Public health,
Chagas disease,
Trypanosoma cruzi,
Prevention,
Control,
Neglected diseases,
Health care,
Transmission mechanisms
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