Trypanosoma cruzi lineages and Chagas disease manifestations in cardiac unit patients from three endemic areas of Ecuador

Evaluation of the prevalence of the cardiac form of Chagas disease and performance of rapid diagnostic tests in hospitals of endemic areas of Ecuador

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12610000299000

Enrollment

2000

Registered

2010-04-14

Start date

2010-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The study intends to determine the prevalence of cardiac damages associated with Chagas disease among patients of hospitals of endemic areas of Ecuador and to evaluate the performance of rapid diagnostic tests to be performed in such settings. We hypothesis that many of the patients attenging the hospital cardiac wards in endemic areas suffer from Chagas disease and that the use of rapid diagnostic tests might help the hospitals to attain better diagnosis.

Interventions

Evaluation of types and prevalence of electrocardiographic abnormalities in cardiac patients suffering from Chagas disease at the time of recrutiment into the study. Although the participation of each participant is limited to the time in which he/she is recruited into the study, participant recruitment is expected to span a total of 36 months.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

1 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All patients obtaining medical care at public hospitals in areas endemic for Chagas disease in Ecuador will be invited to participate in the study. All races will be included.

Exclusion criteria

Any patients age one or younger will be excluded due to the difficulty of drawing blood from them and the discomfort they would suffer. If consent from the legal representative of a minor cannot be obtained at the time of the visit to the cardiologist, the minor will be excluded from the study.

Outcome results