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Surveillance of Chagas disease vectors in Ceará State, Northeastern Brazil

Objective: Describe the spatial distribution, temporal trend and the natural infection rates by Trypanosoma cruzi in triatomines captured in Ceará State, between 2003 and 2014. Methods: Chagas Disease Control Program data were used to describe triatomine species circulating, their distribution in the st...

Influence of galantamine in the inflammatory process and tissular lesions caused by Trypanosoma cruzi QM2 strain

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Trypanosoma cruzi infection triggers an inflammatory process with exacerbated production of cytokines that stimulate inflammatory and anti-inflammatory signals, including the efferent anti-inflammatory signal known as the anti-inflammatory cholinergic pathway. Thus, the use of ant...

Aspirin plus verapamil relieves angina and perfusion abnormalities in patients with coronary microvascular dysfunction and Chagas disease: a pilot non-randomized study

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Most patients with chronic cardiomyopathy of Chagas disease (CCCD) harbor a secondary cause of coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD), for which there is no evidence-based therapy. We evaluated the impact of verapamil plus aspirin on symptoms and perfusion abnormalities in patie...

Indeterminate form of Chagas disease: historical, conceptual, clinical, and prognostic aspects

Abstract Chagas disease (CD) remains a serious endemic disease in Latin America and a major public health problem. Because of globalization, the disease has spread to non-endemic areas in the northern hemisphere. In the chronic phase of the disease, most patients present with the indeterminate form (IF),...

Encuesta entomológica y caracterización de las viviendas con el vector de la enfermedad de Chagas, en aldea Chuchuapa, Santa Rosa, Guatemala

Cienc. tecnol. salud; 8 (1), 2021
En Guatemala en el 2015, el Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social (MSPAS) reportó nuevos casos de la enfermedad de Chagas en la región suroriental del país, siendo Santa Rosa uno de los departamentos endémicos en donde Triatoma dimidiata es el principal transmisor. Se estimó la infestaci...

Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vectores (ETV). Gestión del programa en Bogotá 2017 a 2021

Introducción: las Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vectores (ETV) representan más del 17 % de las enfermedades infecciosas, provocan cada año 700.000 muertes a nivel mundial según la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS); el programa de ETV en Bogotá integra la Gestión de Programas y Acciones de Int...

Zuccagnia punctata Cav. Essential Oil into Poly(ε-caprolactone) Matrices as a Sustainable and Environmentally Friendly Strategy Biorepellent against Triatoma infestans (Klug) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae)

Moléculas; 26 (13), 2021
The main strategies against Triatoma infestans (primary vector responsible for the Chagas disease transmission) are the elimination or reduction of its abundance in homes through the application of insecticides or repellents with residual power, and environmental management through the improvement of hou...

Avaliação do conhecimento e do autocuidado de pacientes diabéticos portadores de doenças infecciosas

Objetivo: avaliar o conhecimento e autocuidado dos pacientes diabéticos portadores de doenças infecciosas. Métodos: foi realizado estudo seccional com uma amostra de conveniência de pacientes, em uma unidade de saúde no Rio de Janeiro, com aplicação dos questionários Diabetes Knowledge Scale Ques...