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Biomédica

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ZULETA-DUENAS, Liliana Patricia; LOPEZ-QUIROGA, Ángela Johana; TORRES-TORRES, Fernando  y  CASTANEDA-PORRAS, Oneida. Possible oral transmission of Chagas disease among hydrocarbons sector workers in Casanare, Colombia, 2014. Biomédica [online]. 2017, vol.37, n.2, pp.218-232. ISSN 0120-4157.  https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v37i3.3153.

Introduction:

Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent for Chagas disease, can be transmitted by oral intake of contaminated food or drinks. During epidemiological week 14 of 2014, two cases of acute Chagas disease were notified among hydrocarbons sector workers in Paz de Ariporo, Casanare.

Objective:

To characterize the affected population, to establish control and prevention measures and to confirm the outbreak.

Materials and methods:

We conducted an outbreak investigation that included the following components: a) Search for symptomatic people compatible with Chagas disease according to the case definition for their referral to medical services; b) entomological survey (192/197 houses); c) sanitary inspection and microbiological analysis of food samples; and d) study of reservoirs. Data management and analysis were done with Epi-Info 7.1.5 using descriptive statistics. We also calculated intradomicile and peridomicile triatomine infestation indexes.

Results:

We detected 552 exposed people; 40 had the disease (7.2%), of whom seven were women (17,5%) and 33, men (82.5%), i.e., a male-female ratio of 5:1. The mean age was 39.1 ± 10.8 years; the attack rate was 7.2% and lethality, 5% (2/40). Symptoms included fever (100% of cases), headache (80%), myalgia and arthralgia (65%), facial edema (55%), and abdominal pain (37.5%). The mean incubation time was 17 days (range: 3-21). Rhodnius prolixus domiciliary infestation index was 3.3 % and 2.2% in the peridomicile. In the five restaurants inspected sanitary conditions were deficient and food samples were microbiologically non-conforming. We found a dog and two opossums positive for IgG antibodies by ELISA.

Conclusions:

Environmental, sanitary and epidemiological conditions at the place confirmed an outbreak of Chagas diseases related to occupational exposure, possibly by oral transmission, which may be the largest to date in Colombia.

Palabras clave : Chagas disease/transmission; Trypanosoma cruzi; occupational health; epidemiology, descriptive.

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