Ageing with Chagas disease: an overview of an urban Brazilian cohort in Rio de Janeiro.

Alexandre Gomes VizzoniMargareth Catoia VarelaLuiz Henrique Conde SangenisAlejandro Marcel Hasslocher-MorenoPedro Emmanuel Alvarenga Americano do BrasilRoberto Magalhaes Saraiva

Published in: Parasites & vectors (2018)

We described a great proportion of elderly patients in the composition of an urban Brazilian Chagas disease patient cohort with a high prevalence of comorbidities. We also identified a change in the pattern of the place of origin among younger patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
case report