ArticleBMJ public health2025
Community-based serological screening for Chagas disease in London: a cross-sectional, observational pilot study.
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- Making the invisible visible: maternal and child health inequalities for Latin Americans in the UK.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2026Article
- Cardiac imaging in Chagas cardiomyopathy for phenotypic characterisation and risk stratification.Heart failure reviews · 2026Review
- Catch-Up Screening to Improve Detection of Congenital Chagas Disease in a Nonendemic Setting.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2026Article
- Primary care and community-based screening for Chagas disease in London, United Kingdom, August 2023 to January 2025.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2026Observational
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Abstract
Introduction: Chagas disease (CD) is increasingly recognised as a public health problem in non-endemic settings. The UK is home to a large Latin American migrant population; yet, there is no formal screening programme for CD.The aim of this study was to co-design and evaluate a community-based screening initiative for CD in Latin American migrants in London, UK. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, observational pilot study, using questionnaires and point of care tests (POCTs: finger-prick lateral flow assays for qualitative detection of Immunoglobulin G (IgG) to Results: 334 adult participants (254 at CD-specific events and 80 at other events) participated in screening between December 2021 and May 2023. All were first-generation or second-generation migrants from South America, Central America or Mexico. 206 (62%) were born in Bolivia and 223 (67%) were women.A total of 79 out of 334 (24%) participants screened positively, of whom 77 (97%) attended for confirmatory laboratory serology and 70 (21% total population screened) were confirmed as true cases (two laboratory-performed serological assays positive). The POCT-PPV overall was 91%. 90% of the true confirmed cases detected through community screening were still engaged in specialist care at a mean of 2.5 years follow-up. The number needed to screen to link one confirmed case into specialist care was 5.3. Conclusions: Active case finding through delivery of targeted community-based screening using POCTs at either dedicated events or as pop-up testing at other events can effectively identify people with CD, with a high yield and minimal loss to follow-up.
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