AUTHOR=Ramos-Rincón José-Manuel , Ortiz-Martínez Sonia , Vásquez-Chasnamote María-Esteyner , Gamboa-Paredes Olga-Nohelia , Pinedo-Cancino Viviana-Vanessa , Ramal-Asayag Cesar , Górgolas-Hernández-Mora Miguel , Casapía-Morales Martin 

TITLE=Chagas Disease in Pregnant Women in the Peruvian Amazon Basin. Cross-Sectional Study

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Veterinary Science

VOLUME=7

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2020.00556

DOI=10.3389/fvets.2020.00556

ISSN=2297-1769

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Aims:</bold> To assess the prevalence of Chagas disease in pregnant women in Iquitos City, Peru.</p><p><bold>Material and Methods:</bold> Cross-sectional survey in 300 pregnant women in Iquitos (Peru) from 1 May 2019 to 15 June 2019. Women were tested using an ELISA serology test.</p><p><bold>Results:</bold> Serology was positive in one case (prevalence: 0.33%; 95% confidence interval: 7.1–13.9%), of a 25-year-old woman who lived in a wooden house with a leaf roof in a periurban area of Iquitos. She was familiar with kissing bugs and had chronic, asymptomatic Chagas disease.</p><p><bold>Conclusion:</bold> The prevalence of Chagas disease is low in the urban and peri-urban area of the city of Iquitos.</p>