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    Chagas' infection in university students of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. A serologic-electrocardiographic study
    (University of São Paulo, 1994) Alberto Gianella; Barbara Poser; Pablo Conesa‐Zamora
    In order to learn the prevalence of Chagas' infection among students from Santa Cruz de la Sierra's universities, a random sample of 372 new students was drawn. All participants have had electrocardiograms (EKG) and serologic analysis (IHAT). 64/372 (17.2%) had serologic evidence of Chagas' infection, and from those, 10/64 (15.6%) had some EKG alterations. Among students presenting negative serologic test, 31/308 (10.1%) had EKG alterations. There was no statistical association between Chagas' infection and EKG alterations (X2 = 1.67, p = 0.2). There was a positive association between Chagas' infection and intraventricular conduction defects and this association was higher among the students of 19 years of age or less (O.R. 10.4, p < 0.05).