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==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
Risk factors for Chagas disease include: | Risk factors for Chagas disease include: | ||
* Living in Central or South America | |||
* Residing in a house constructed before the year 2000 | |||
* Exposure to either wall constructions composed of mud and sticks or straw roofs | |||
* Ingestion of contaminated water | |||
* Living in a hut where reduvid bugs live in the walls | * Living in a hut where reduvid bugs live in the walls | ||
* Poverty | * Poverty | ||
* Receiving a [[blood transfusion]] from a person | * Receiving either a [[blood transfusion]] or organ transplant from a person in regions with high endemicity | ||
* Exacerbation of infection during pregnancy (risk of vertical transmission and development of congenital Chagas disease) | |||
* Bleeding/cracked nipples during breastfeeding | |||
* Immunosuppression | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Chagas disease is endemic in the Latin American region and is common in the lower socio-economic group.
Risk Factors
Risk factors for Chagas disease include:
- Living in Central or South America
- Residing in a house constructed before the year 2000
- Exposure to either wall constructions composed of mud and sticks or straw roofs
- Ingestion of contaminated water
- Living in a hut where reduvid bugs live in the walls
- Poverty
- Receiving either a blood transfusion or organ transplant from a person in regions with high endemicity
- Exacerbation of infection during pregnancy (risk of vertical transmission and development of congenital Chagas disease)
- Bleeding/cracked nipples during breastfeeding
- Immunosuppression