Chagas screening and treatment among Bolivians living in Madrid, Spain: The need for an official protocol

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 3; p. e0213577
• Main Authors: Romay-Barja, María, Boquete, Teresa, Martinez, Obdulia, González, Marlene, Álvarez-Del Arco, Débora, Benito, Agustín, Blasco-Hernández, Teresa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 08.03.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Analysis; Biology and Life Sciences; Blood banks; Bolivia; Bolivians; Care and treatment; Chagas disease; Chagas Disease - diagnosis; Chagas Disease - epidemiology; Chagas Disease - ethnology; Chagas Disease - therapy; Children; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diagnosis; Disease; Disease control; Education policy; Emigrants and Immigrants; Female; Health aspects; Health Behavior; Health care; Health care industry; Health care reform; Health education; Health screening; Health services; Humans; Infection; Internet; Male; Management; Mass Screening; Medical research; Medical treatment; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Migrants; Patient compliance; People and places; Population; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Prevalence; Primary health care; Public health; Screening; Sex differences (Biology); Sex differences (Psychology); Social Sciences; Spain; Surveys; Transplants & implants; Tropical diseases; Vector-borne diseases; Women; Womens health; Bolivia; Spain; Madrid Spain; Europe

It is estimated that around 52,000 people live with Chagas in Spain, but only 10% have been diagnosed. Migrants from Bolivia bear the burden of Chagas infection in Spain. However, little is known about their current management of Chagas diagnosis and treatment patterns. This study aimed to assess th...