Human Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Argentinean Chaco: risk factors and identification of households with infected children for treatment

Table 2 Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in children born after the onset of interventions, exposure to Triatoma infestans as determined by timed-manual collections over 2008–2016 and maternal seropositivity for T. cruzi, Areas II and IV, Pampa del Indio, Chaco, Argentina

Variable	N	% seropositive
House infestation with T. infestans^a
Yes	28	0
No	93	1.08
Domestic infestation with T. infestans^b
Yes	18	0
No	103	0.97
Presence of T. cruzi-infection in T. infestans as determined by OM or PCR^c
Infected	5	0
Not infected	17	0
No infection data	6	0
Maternal seropositivity
Yes	49	2.04
No	71	0

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