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Article History

Received: 22 June 2018

Accepted: 27 June 2019

First Online: 8 July 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The research met criteria for an exception to the informed consent requirement according to the “Guide for Investigations of Human Health” published by Argentina’s Ministry of Health (items A3b and B1.1.5b) [CitationRef removed] and thus did not require an ethics review. The study complied with Declaration of Helsinki ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects, and all required measures for guaranteeing anonymity, including the use of numbers to identify patient data. The data obtained herein were gathered and processed by the local health authority of La Plata city. The access to the data from the Governmental source was previously agreed upon in the Framework Convention between Mundo Sano and the Municipality of La Plata. The local health authority obtained written informed consent from the parents/guardians of all children under the age of 16 that participated in the school screening. Given that adults were diagnosed and treated within the public health service and following Argentina’s Chagas law, no written informed consent was required.

: The access to the data from the Governmental source and the consent for publication was previously agreed upon in the Framework Convention between Mundo Sano and the Municipality of La Plata.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.