Quantification of parasite burden of Trypanosoma cruzi and identification of Discrete Typing Units (DTUs) in blood samples of Latin American immigrants residing in Barcelona, Spain.

Maykon Tavares de OliveiraElena SulleiroAroa SilgadoMarta de LanaBianca Zingales João Santana SilvaJ Antônio Marin-NetoIsrael Molina Romero

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2020)

In this study, low/medium parasitic load was found in all patients evaluated. Our data corroborate previous conclusions indicating that patients from the Bolivia, living in Spain, are predominantly infected by TcV, and TcVI DTUs. On the other hand, in Non-Bolivians patients TcII/TcVI predominated. Surprisingly, in our cohort of 101 patients no infection by TcI DTU was observed.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
machine learning
trypanosoma cruzi
data analysis