Absence of both circadian rhythm and Trypanosoma cruzi periodicity with xenodiagnosis in chronic chagasic individuals
Xenodiagnoses were performed every 3 hours using 10 Triatoma infestans 3rd instar for 24 to 72 hours, in 18 chronic chagasics with positive serology and/or xenodiagnosis. There was no statistically significant difference in the positivity of assays performed during the day (9:00 to 18:00h) compared to those performed at night (21:00 to 6:00h), (chi² = 0.1526 p = 0.696). Xenodiagnosis was performed in ten of the patients for 13 successive days but there was no periodicity detected in the positive assays.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
2000
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822000000500003 |
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| Summary: | Xenodiagnoses were performed every 3 hours using 10 Triatoma infestans 3rd instar for 24 to 72 hours, in 18 chronic chagasics with positive serology and/or xenodiagnosis. There was no statistically significant difference in the positivity of assays performed during the day (9:00 to 18:00h) compared to those performed at night (21:00 to 6:00h), (chi² = 0.1526 p = 0.696). Xenodiagnosis was performed in ten of the patients for 13 successive days but there was no periodicity detected in the positive assays. |
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