Background:Chagas disease is a parasitic disease endemic to Latin America,but it has become a disease of global concern due to migration *** carriers may host the parasite for years,without knowing they are *** aim of...
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Background:Chagas disease is a parasitic disease endemic to Latin America,but it has become a disease of global concern due to migration *** carriers may host the parasite for years,without knowing they are *** aim of this study is to assess prevalence of Chagas disease and evaluate the participants’level of knowl‑edge between Latin American migrants attending a community-based screening ***:Three community-based campaigns were performed in Alicante(Spain)in 2016,2017 and 2018,including educational chats and blood tests for Trypanosoma cruzi *** completed a questionnaire assessing knowledge about the mechanisms of transmission,disease presentation,diagnosis,and *** seroposi‑tive for *** underwent diagnostic confrmation by two diferent *** were analyzed by multivariable logistic regression and expressed as adjusted odds ratios(aORs),adjusting for age,sex,and time in ***:A total of 596 participants were included in the study;17%were aged under 18 *** in adults was 11%[54/496;95%confdence interval(CI):8.3–14.5%]versus 0%among *** but one case were in *** was independently associated with having been born in Bolivia(aOR:102,95%CI:13–781)and a primary school-level education(aOR:2.40,95%CI:1.14–5.06).Of 54 people diagnosed with Chagas disease(most of whom were asymptomatic),42(77.7%)returned to the clinic at least once,and 24(44.4%)received *** analysis showed that coming from Argentina(aOR:13,95%CI:1.61–1188)or Bolivia(aOR:1.90,95%CI:1.19–3.39)and having received information about Chagas disease in Spain(aOR:4.63,95%CI:2.54–8.97)were associ‑ated with a good level of knowledge on the *** primary level studies(aOR:0.59,95%CI:0.34–0.98)and coming from Ecuador(aOR:4.63,95%CI:2.52–847)were independently associated with a lower level of ***:Community-based interventions are a good strategy for diagnosi
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