Nayara Ragi Baldoni, Lea Campos de Oliveira-da Silva, Ana Carolina Oliveira Gonçalves, Nayara Dornela Quintino, Ariela Mota Ferreira, Ana Luiza Bierrenbach, José Luiz Padilha da Silva, Maria Carmo Pereira Nunes, Antonio Luiz P Ribeiro, Claudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Clareci Silva Cardoso
The aims of this study were to estimate the prevalence of gastrointestinal manifestations among individuals with positive serology for Chagas disease (ChD) and to describe the clinical gastrointestinal manifestations of the disease. A systematic review with meta-analysis was conducted based on the criteria and recommendations of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines. The PubMed, Scopus, Virtual Health Library, Web of Science, and Embase databases were used to search for evidence...
January 3, 2024: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene