Table 2 Data on American trypanosomiasis spreading to non-endemic countries outside of Latin America*
From: Preventing the transmission of American trypanosomiasis and its spread into non-endemic countries
Indicators | Austria | Belgium | Croatia | Denmark | France | Germany | Italy | Netherlands | Portugal | Romania | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | UK | Canada | US | Australia | Japan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estimated number of Latin American immigrants | 7552 | 38,133 | ND | ND | 208,395 | 58,000 | 440,000 | 35,211 | 83,000 | ND | 2,090,695 | 58,196 | 60,000–90,000 | 400,000 | 100,000 | 22,000,000 | 116,430 | 371,700 |
Estimated number of T. cruzi cases | 140–180 | 1982 | ND | ND | 2116 | 935 | 5,520–7,081 | 480 | 850 | ND | 47,738–67,423 | 1,118 | 3,000 | 14,000 | 1,789 | 300,167 | 1,928 | 3,592 |
Number of laboratory confirmed cases | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 111 | 2 | 114 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3,617 | 1 | 256 | 28 | 1 | 799 | 1 | 46 |
Estimated number of pregnant women with T. cruzi infection | ND | 16 | ND | ND | ND | ND | 30 | 18 | 50 | ND | 914–1,656 | ND | 30 | 50 | ND | ND | ND | ND |
Estimated number of cases of congenital transmission | ND | 1 | ND | ND | 19 | ND | 2 | 2 | 2 | ND | 41–121 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ND | ND | ND | ND |
Number of patients treated + | 2 | 3 | ND | ND | 28 | ND | 22 | ND | ND | ND | 195 | 1 | 99 | 0 | ND | ND | ND | ND |
Serological screening of blood donors | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Presence of a systematic detection system for congenital infection | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yesc | No | No | No | Yesc | No | Yesc | Nob | No | No | No | No |
Presence of a systematic detection system for organ, tissue, and cell donors of T. cruzi | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yesa | No | No | Yes | NO | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |