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dc.contributor.authorPuigbó, J. Jes_ES
dc.contributor.authorNava Rhode, J. Res_ES
dc.contributor.authorGarcía Barrios, Hes_ES
dc.contributor.authorGil Yépez, Ces_ES
dc.date.accessioned2015
dc.date.available2015
dc.date.issueds.d.es_ES
dc.date.issued1969es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/14544
dc.description.abstractThe four-year follow-up study reported herein represents the continuation of a previous cross-sectional study carried out in a rural community (Belen, Venezuela). The earlier study included 1,210 persons out of a total of 1,656 inhabitants, all over five years of age, and demonstrated a high prevalence of Chagas' infection (47.3 per cent) and a high rate of Chagas' disease seropositivity among those with chronic myocardial heart disease (84.8 per cent); heart disease was found in 17.3 per cent of persons studied. It included clinical, electrocardiographic and radiological analysesen_US
dc.description.abstractThe present report describes the results of the four-year follow-up study performed in 812 persons, which permitted to establish the incidence of Chagas' infection (16.3 per cent) and that of chagasic heart disease (2.2 per cent) in four years. The report also included the clinical, electrocardiographic and radiological analyses of cases with previous heart disease as well as new cases. Different evolutive electrocardiographic patterns have been found, including serial electrocardiographic variations ranging from normal to definitely abnormal. The mortality occurred in the sample during the observation period is reported(AU)en_US
dc.description.abstractPublicado en inglés en el Bull. WHO 39:341-348, 1968es_ES
dc.format.extentiluses_ES
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBoletín de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana (OSP);66(2),feb. 1969es_ES
dc.subjectCardiomiopatia Chagásicaes_ES
dc.subjectCardiomiopatia Chagásicaes_ES
dc.subjectEstudos Longitudinaispt_BR
dc.subjectAmérica Latinaes_ES
dc.titleCuatro años de estudio longitudinal de una comunidad rural con endemicidad chagásicaes_ES
dc.title.alternativeA 4-year follow-up study of a rural community with endemic chagas'diseaseen_US
dc.typeJournal articlesen_US
dc.rights.holderPan American Health Organizationen_US


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