Análise do perfil epidemiológico dos pacientes acometidos por doença de chagas aguda notificados em Araguaína-TO no período de 2007 a 2018

Abstract

The knowledge about Chagas' disease started in 1909, through an expressive rural endemic that occurred in several Latin American countries. Chagas' disease (CD) is an infectious disease caused by the etiological agent Trypanosoma cruzi resulting from human changes in the environment. With the disease ongoing, there is a progressive aggression to the heart, characterized by myocarditis, resulting in chronic Chagas disease cardiomyopathy (CCDC). The acute phase of this disease starts right after the incubation period, which occurs 1-4 weeks after exposure to T. cruzi, the period in which there is no clinical manifestation after contamination is called the incubation period. As it is an infectious disease, the etiological diagnosis of Chagas' disease in Brazil has to be carried out in all suspected cases, in the acute and chronic phases. Thus, it is essential to integrate epidemiological, clinical and laboratory evidence in order to increase the degree of prediction and the accuracy of the diagnosis.