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Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population
| Non‐infected (NI) | Chronic Chagas patients | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Asymptomatic (AS) | Cardiac (CCC) | ||
| Number of individuals (n) | 18 | 15 | 17 |
| Gender (female/male) | 10/8 | 8/7 | 9/8 |
| Age (range) | 46 (30–60) | 60 (56–70) | 54 (42–67) |
| Kuschnir (grade 1‐2‐3) | 0‐0‐0 | 0‐0‐0 | 12‐1‐1 |
| Range of anti‐Trypanosoma cruzi antibody titrea | 10–60 | 169–99 407 | 1000–29 975 |
Titre of antibodies against T. cruzi was determined as IC50 sera dilution factor.
