Research on the presence of Chagas disease in the Peruvian Police Staff

Authors

  • Aurelio Peralta V. Departamento de Cardiología, Hospital de Policía, Lima, Perú
  • Alberto Cornejo Donayre Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • Jorge Rodríguez L. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • Pedro Domínguez M. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • Alfredo Berrocal S. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v43i1.6289

Abstract

Growing number of young men from different regions of Peru, postulate their income annually to various units of the police institution. The routine medical examination to undergo these candidates in the Department of Cardiology, Hospital Police Lima, offers opportunity to do research on some aspects of national pathology. 3 years screening for Chagas disease is performed in subjects born or derived from chagasic regions, having had occasion to use our "index of suspicion" for the diagnosis of this disease in subjects come Tacna, Moquegua, Arequipa, Madre de Dios, Amazonas and San Martin (1).

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1960-03-14

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Vol. 43 No. 1 (1960)

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Copyright (c) 1960 Aurelio Peralta V., Alberto Cornejo Donayre, Jorge Rodríguez L., Pedro Domínguez M., Alfredo Berrocal S.

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Peralta V. A, Cornejo Donayre A, Rodríguez L. J, Domínguez M. P, Berrocal S. A. Research on the presence of Chagas disease in the Peruvian Police Staff. An Fac med [Internet]. 1960 Mar. 14 [cited 2024 Aug. 16];43(1):359-6. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/6289