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Prevalence of Chagas Disease in Latin-American Migrants Living
                in Europe: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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BACKGROUND: Few studies have assessed the burden of Chagas
                disease in non-endemic countries and most of them are based on
                prevalence estimates from Latin American (LA) countries that
                likely differ from the prevalence in migrants living in Europe.
                The aim of this study was to systematically review the existing
                data informing current understanding of the prevalence of Chagas
                disease in LA migrants living in European countries. METHODS: We
                conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies
                reporting prevalence of Chagas disease in European countries
                belonging to the European Union (EU) before 2004 in accordance
                with the MOOSE guidelines and based on the database sources
                MEDLINE and Global Health. No restrictions were placed on study
                date, study design or language of publication. The pooled
                prevalence was estimated using random effect models based on
                DerSimonian & Laird method. RESULTS: We identified 18
                studies conducted in five European countries. The random effect
                pooled prevalence was 4.2% (95%CI:2.2-6.7%); and the
                heterogeneity of Chagas disease prevalence among studies was
                high (I2 = 97%,p<0.001). Migrants from Bolivia had the
                highest prevalence of Chagas disease (18.1%, 95%CI:13.9-22.7%).
                CONCLUSIONS: Prevalence of Chagas in LA migrants living in
                Europe is high, particularly in migrants from Bolivia and
                Paraguay. Data are highly heterogeneous dependent upon country
                of origin and within studies of migrants from the same country
                of origin. Country-specific prevalence differs from the
                estimates available from LA countries. Our meta-analysis
                provides prevalence estimates of Chagas disease that should be
                used to estimate the burden of disease in European countries.

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Reproducció del document publicat a:
                http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003540

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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015, vol. 9, num. 2, p. e0003540

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Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina)

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Prevalence of Chagas Disease in Latin-American Migrants Living
                in Europe: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis