Seroepidemiology of Chagas disease in at-risk individuals in Caraíbas, a city with high endemicity in Bahia State, Brazil

• Main Authors: Tycha Bianca Sabaini Pavan (Author), Deorlan Pereira Dias (Author), Márcia Moraes Cangussú (Author), Vilquenia Porto Pacheco Dutra (Author), Daniel Dias Sampaio (Author), Fred Luciano Neves Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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IntroductionIn Brazil, an estimated 1.1 million people are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease (CD). Despite the high number of cases, the estimated prevalence of infection per 100 inhabitants is low (0.03). However, the actual number of chronically infected indivi...