Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 97, Issue 2 , Pages 166-167, March 2003

Case report: the first parasitologically confirmed autochthonous case of acute chagas disease in Suriname

  • B.F.J. Oostburg

      Affiliations

    • University of Suriname, Paramaribo, Suriname
    • Deceased.
    • ,
  • J.E. Anijs

      Affiliations

    • Academic Hospital, Paramaribo, Suriname
    • ,
  • G.P. Oehlers

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Dr G. P. Oehlers, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Paramaribo, Suriname; phone +59 7 442222 x 359, fax +59 7 440551
    • Academic Hospital, Paramaribo, Suriname
    • ,
  • H.O. Hiwat

      Affiliations

    • University of Suriname, Paramaribo, Suriname
    • ,
  • S.M. Burke-Hermelijn

      Affiliations

    • Academic Hospital, Paramaribo, Suriname

Received 20 June 2002; received in revised form 30 September 2002; accepted 9 October 2002.

Abstract 

We present a case report from 2001 of the first parasitologically confirmed case of acute Chagas disease in Suriname. The patient had never left Suriname, and was probably infected by an adventitious species of Panstrongylus in his house in the capital city, Paramaribo. The patient was treated with nifurtimox, and appears to have recovered.

Keywords:  Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi, epidemiology, chemotherapy, nifurtimox, Suriname

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PII: S0035-9203(03)90108-8

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 97, Issue 2 , Pages 166-167, March 2003

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