
A study of aggregate data collected from the literature and official sources was undertaken to estimate expected and observed prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection, annual incidence of congenital transmission and rate of underdiagnosis of Chagas disease among Latin American migrants in the nine European countries with the highest prevalence of Chagas disease. Formal and informal data sources were used to estimate the population from endemic countries resident in Europe in 2009, diagnosed cases of Chagas disease and births from mothers originating from endemic countries. By 2009, 4,290 cases had been diagnosed in Europe, compared with an estimated 68,000 to 122,000 expected cases. The expected prevalence was very high in undocumented migrants (on average 45% of total expected cases) while the observed prevalence rate was 1.3 cases per 1,000 resident migrants from endemic countries. An estimated 20 to 183 babies with congenital Chagas disease are born annually in the study countries. The annual incidence rate of congenital transmission per 1,000 pregnancies in women from endemic countries was between none and three cases. The index of underdiagnosis of T. cruzi infection was between 94% and 96%. Chagas disease is a public health challenge in the studied European countries. Urgent measures need to be taken to detect new cases of congenital transmission and take care of the existing cases with a focus on migrants without legal residency permit and potential difficulty accessing care.
Male, Trypanosoma cruzi, Emigrants and Immigrants, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Emigrants and Immigrants/statistics & numerical data, 613, Virologie générale, Santé publique, Europe/epidemiology, Risk Factors, Prevalence, Humans, TRYPANOSOMA-CRUZI INFECTION, LATIN-AMERICA, TRANSMISSION, SPAIN, RISK, CARDIOMYOPATHY, SWITZERLAND, IMMIGRANTS; PREVALENCE, Chagas Disease, Data Collection, Incidence, Virologie médicale, Epidémiologie, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Latin America/ethnology, Population Surveillance/methods, Europe, Trypanosoma cruzi/immunology/isolation & purification, Epidemiologic Studies, Chagas Disease/epidemiology/prevention & control/transmission, Latin America, Population Surveillance, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/statistics & numerical data, Female, ddc: ddc:613
Male, Trypanosoma cruzi, Emigrants and Immigrants, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Emigrants and Immigrants/statistics & numerical data, 613, Virologie générale, Santé publique, Europe/epidemiology, Risk Factors, Prevalence, Humans, TRYPANOSOMA-CRUZI INFECTION, LATIN-AMERICA, TRANSMISSION, SPAIN, RISK, CARDIOMYOPATHY, SWITZERLAND, IMMIGRANTS; PREVALENCE, Chagas Disease, Data Collection, Incidence, Virologie médicale, Epidémiologie, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Latin America/ethnology, Population Surveillance/methods, Europe, Trypanosoma cruzi/immunology/isolation & purification, Epidemiologic Studies, Chagas Disease/epidemiology/prevention & control/transmission, Latin America, Population Surveillance, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/statistics & numerical data, Female, ddc: ddc:613
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