Soriano Arandes Antoni, Muñoz Gutierrez Jose, Vergés Navarro Mireia, Castells Doménech Clara, Portús Vinyeta Montserrat, Gascón Brustenga Joaquim
Consorci dAtenció Primària de Salut de l'Eixample, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Acta Trop. 2009 Nov;112(2):228-30. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.07.014. Epub 2009 Jul 22.
A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out to detect the seroprevalence of chagasic infection in children and women of child-bearing age in a primary care health centre in Barcelona (Spain). Serological screening was performed with an immunochromatography (IC) test (Stat Pak Chagas de Chembio) and all positive and doubtful results were confirmed by two ELISA tests using recombinant and whole Trypanosoma cruzi antigens. Prevalence of 4.3% was detected in the child-bearing age group women. General practitioners and paediatricians are concerned by Chagas disease, now an emergent health disease in non-endemic countries.
在西班牙巴塞罗那的一家初级保健健康中心开展了一项横断面描述性研究，以检测儿童和育龄妇女中恰加斯病感染的血清流行率。采用免疫层析（IC）试验（Chembio公司的Stat Pak Chagas）进行血清学筛查，所有阳性和可疑结果均通过使用重组克氏锥虫抗原和全克氏锥虫抗原的两种酶联免疫吸附测定（ELISA）试验进行确认。在育龄妇女组中检测到的患病率为4.3%。全科医生和儿科医生对恰加斯病感到担忧，恰加斯病目前在非流行国家已成为一种新出现的健康疾病。
