Adaptation of Chagas Disease Screening Recommendations for a Community of At-risk HIV in the United States

Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Feb 17;78(2):453-456. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad616.

Abstract

Chagas disease (CD), caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, is underdiagnosed in the United States. Improved screening strategies are needed, particularly for people at risk for life-threatening sequelae of CD, including people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV, PWH). Here we report results of a CD screening strategy applied at a large HIV clinic serving an at-risk population.

Keywords: Trypanosoma cruzi; Chagas disease; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); immunocompromised; reactivation; screening.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Chagas Disease* / complications
  • Chagas Disease* / diagnosis
  • Chagas Disease* / epidemiology
  • HIV
  • HIV Infections* / complications
  • HIV Infections* / diagnosis
  • HIV Infections* / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Trypanosoma cruzi*
  • United States / epidemiology