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. 2022 Jul;28(7):1313–1320. doi: 10.3201/eid2807.212221

Table 1. Estimates of the number of Latin America–born adults with Chagas disease in the United States.

Birth country Trypanosoma cruzi infection prevalence, % Estimated no. infected adults by age group
All ages 18–34 35–49 >50
Argentina 3.64 14,463 600 2,592 11,271
Belize 0.33 344 15 53 276
Bolivia 18.3 27,335 1,650 5,262 20,423
Brazil 0.61 3,865 379 1,049 2,437
Chile 0.70 1,560 69 226 1,265
Colombia 0.51 7,840 398 1,260 6,182
Costa Rica 0.17 289 18 55 216
Ecuador 1.38 11,200 719 2,316 8,165
El Salvador 1.90 41,788 3,287 11,260 27,241
Guatemala 1.13 14,143 1,846 4,109 8,188
Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname 0.84 5,171 183 746 4,242
Honduras 0.65 5,208 671 1,606 2,931
Mexico 0.73 141,554 10,730 36,413 94,411
Nicaragua 0.52 2,773 131 528 2,114
Panama 0.52 1,810 64 233 1,513
Paraguay 2.13 679 75 134 470
Peru 0.44 4,125 192 728 3,205
Uruguay 0.24 234 11 39 184
Venezuela
0.71
3,330
315
842
2,173
All Latin America countries 1.64 287,711 21,353 69,451 196,907