Clinical Study

Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in an Indigenous Kariña Community in Eastern Venezuela

Table 1

Seroprevalence of T. cruzi infection of evaluated indigenous Kariña individuals, Piñantal community, Sucre state, Venezuela.

TESA-ELISA
Patients Sex
Mean age Mean RangeSeroprevalence
( )FM(years) ± SDOD ± SD (min–max)

Pos (13)
9
4
1.34–2.45
7.43%
Neg (162)11150 0–0.34

F: female; M: male; OD: optical density; SD: standard deviation; Pos: positives; Neg: negatives; min: minimum; max: maximum.