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Volume 29, Number 9—September 2023
Dispatch

Acute Chagas Disease Outbreak among Military Personnel, Colombia, 2021

Hernán Darío VergaraComments to Author , Carlos H. Gómez, Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez, Ana Catalina Herrera, María José López, Camila Camacho, Lilian Muñoz, Lissa Cruz-Saavedra, Carolina Hernández, and Juan David Ramírez
Author affiliations: Hospital Militar Central, Bogota, Colombia (H.D. Vergara, C.H. Gómez, Á.A. Faccini-Martínez, A.C. Herrera, M.J. López, L. Muñoz); Servicios y Asesorías en Infectología, Bogota (Á.A. Faccini-Martínez); Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogota (C. Camacho); Universidad del Rosario, Bogota (L. Cruz-Saavedra, C. Hernández, J.D. Ramírez)

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Figure 1

Timeline of acute Chagas disease illness and hospitalizations among military personnel, Colombia, 2021–2022. A group of 9 military personnel had signs and symptoms compatible with acute febrile syndrome, 2 of whom had severe symptoms and died. The remaining 7 patients were admitted to Hospital Militar Central in Bogota, and were treated with benznidazole (5–7 mg/kg/d for 60 days). All 7 had favorable outcomes.

Figure 1. Timeline of acute Chagas disease illness and hospitalizations among military personnel, Colombia, 2021–2022. A group of 9 military personnel had signs and symptoms compatible with acute febrile syndrome, 2 of whom had severe symptoms and died. The remaining 7 patients were admitted to Hospital Militar Central in Bogota, and were treated with benznidazole (5–7 mg/kg/d for 60 days). All 7 had favorable outcomes.

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