Volume 15, Number 4—April 2009
THEME ISSUE
The Amazon Region
Dispatches
Oral Transmission of Chagas Disease by Consumption of Açaí Palm Fruit, Brazil
Aglaêr A. Nóbrega
, Marcio H. Garcia, Erica Tatto, Marcos T. Obara, Elenild Costa, Jeremy Sobel, and Wildo N. Araujo
, Marcio H. Garcia, Erica Tatto, Marcos T. Obara, Elenild Costa, Jeremy Sobel, and Wildo N. AraujoTable 1
Signs and symptoms in 11 patients with laboratory-confirmed acute Chagas disease, Barcarena, Brazil, 2006
| Sign or symptom | No. (%) patients |
|---|---|
| Fever | 11 (100) |
| Fatigue | 11 (100) |
| Facial edema | 11 (100) |
| Headache | 10 (91) |
| Myalgia | 9 (82) |
| Arthralgia | 9 (82) |
| Peripheral edema | 9 (82) |
| Shortness of breath | 7 (64) |
| Tachycardia | 7 (64) |
| Nausea/vomiting | 7 (64) |
| Jaundice | 5 (46) |
| Epigastric pain | 5 (46) |
| Retroorbital pain | 5 (46) |
