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Characteristics of Triatomine infestation and natural Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Abstract: INTRODUCTION Natural and artificial ecotope infestation by the kissing bug triatomines and their colonization and infection by Trypanosoma cruzi , the Chagas disease agent, were evaluated in nine municipalities of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. METHODS Following identification, triat...

Occurrence of Lutzomyia longipalpis andhuman and canine cases of visceral leishmaniasis and evaluation of their expansion in the Northwest region of the State of São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract: INTRODUCTION This paper aims to describe the dispersion of Lutzomyia longipalpis and the autochthonous occurrence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Northwest region of the State of São Paulo between 2007 and 2013 and to analyze their expansion. METHODS Information about the vector and asso...

Zika virus in Brazil and the danger of infestation by Aedes (Stegomyia) mosquitoes

Abstract Zika virus, already widely distributed in Africa and Asia, was recently reported in two Northeastern Brazilian: State of Bahia and State of Rio Grande do Norte, and one Southeastern: State of São Paulo. This finding adds a potentially noxious virus to a list of several other viruses that are wi...

A geografia social do zika no Brasil
The social geography of zika in Brazil

Estud. av; 30 (88), 2016
A crise do vírus do zika, como todas as doenças, é um indicador da desigualdade que persiste no Brasil mesmo após décadas de democracia. O zika ilustra disparidade não apenas em termos de classe e com a variedade de questões que se conectam com classe, como gênero e raça. Questões éticas relac...

Emerging arboviruses and public health challenges in Brazil

ABSTRACT Environmental modification by anthropogenic actions, disordered urban growth, globalization of international exchange and climate change are some factors that help the emergence and dissemination of human infectious diseases transmitted by vectors. This review discusses the recent entry of three...

Plan de Contingencia de preparación y respuesta frente a la enfermedad por virus Zika del Hospital San Juan de Lurigancho
Contingency Plan for preparation and response to Zika virus disease at Hospital San Juan de Lurigancho

Ante el riesgo epidemiológico de Zika, la Unidad de Epidemiología y Salud Ambiental en forma conjunta con los demás unidades y servicios de salud del hospital San Juan de Lurigancho, ha elaborado el Plan de Contingencia de Preparación y Respuesta frente a la enfermedad por virus Zika - HSJL, 2016", e...

Plan nacional de preparación y respuesta frente a la enfermedad por el virus Zika
national plan for preparedness and response to the disease by Zika virus

El documento es una herramienta que forma parte de la preparación de la respuesta frente al riesgo inminente de introducción de la enfermedad del virus Zika en nuestro país y que sirve de referencia para la elaboración de los planes regionales de prevención que realizarán las demás instancias del ...

Evolución de la teoría y las prácticas en el control de las enfermedades transmitidas por vector

Salud pública Méx; 57 (6), 2015
La configuración de los modelos conceptuales de la salud pública encuentran vínculos con el avance en el conocimiento de las ETV. El establecimiento de los imperios coloniales, el surgimiento de las intervenciones sanitarias a gran escala, la creación de organismos internacionales, la participación ...

Trypanosoma cruzi -infected Triatoma gerstaeckeri (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from Nuevo León, México, and pathogenicity of the regional strain

Biomédica (Bogotá); 35 (3), 2015
Introduction: Four species of triatomines have been reported in Nuevo León, northeast (NE) México, but Triatoma gerstaeckeri has only been recorded from a peridomestic dwelling. Objectives: To assess the natural infection index (NII) of Trypanosoma cruzi in triatomines and the infestation index (II) of...