Chagas Disease Diagnostic Testing in Two Academic Hospitals in New Orleans, Louisiana: A Call to Action
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Setting
2.3. Data Extraction
2.4. Ethics
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Hospital | UMCNO | CHNOLA | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Number of tests ordered | 33 | 6 | 39 |
Total patients | 23 | 4 | 27 |
Male patients (%) | 16 (70%) | 3 (75%) | 19 (70%) |
Age of patients (median and range) | 41 (20–75) | 16.5 (4–17) | 40 (4–75) |
Hispanic patients (%) | 18 (78%) | 2 (50%) * | 20 (74%) * |
Presumed positive patients (%) | 2 (8.7%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (7.4%) ** |
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Proaño, A.; Dumonteil, E.; Herrera, C. Chagas Disease Diagnostic Testing in Two Academic Hospitals in New Orleans, Louisiana: A Call to Action. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2023, 8, 277. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8050277
Proaño A, Dumonteil E, Herrera C. Chagas Disease Diagnostic Testing in Two Academic Hospitals in New Orleans, Louisiana: A Call to Action. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2023; 8(5):277. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8050277
Chicago/Turabian StyleProaño, Alvaro, Eric Dumonteil, and Claudia Herrera. 2023. "Chagas Disease Diagnostic Testing in Two Academic Hospitals in New Orleans, Louisiana: A Call to Action" Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 8, no. 5: 277. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8050277
APA StyleProaño, A., Dumonteil, E., & Herrera, C. (2023). Chagas Disease Diagnostic Testing in Two Academic Hospitals in New Orleans, Louisiana: A Call to Action. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 8(5), 277. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8050277