INCIDENCIA DE LA ENFERMEDAD DE CHAGAS EN LAS MUESTRAS RECOLECTADAS DE LA COMUNIDAD EL BEJUCO EN EL INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE HIGIENE DE PORTOVIEJO MAYO – OCTUBRE DEL 2011

Abstract

The present investigative work, done in the community “El Bejuco” hand in hand with the National Hygiene Institute of Portoviejo “Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez (INH), uses a serologic probe in order to determine the incidence of Chagas’ disease in an specific group of inhabitants of this community as well as the different risk factors that contribute the existence of this disease. Throughout the collection of blood samples, important information was obtained making use of the immuno-enzymic test “Elisa” along with the INH employees help. In addition, surveys and observations were done in order to determine the diverse factors that let this disease occur. Between the obtained results of the 91 collected samples was a low incidence of the evil of Chagas, nevertheless the problem follows latent since the found and measured factors of risk establish one starting off of this point a day of educative chats directed to the young students of the school settled down “José María Velasco Ibarra”, parents of family, among others people who live in the community in order to establish a criteria of prevention that will ensure improved lifestyle