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Leptospirose no município de Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil: 2007 a 2014

RESUMO: Objetivo: Analisar a distribuição de casos e óbitos humanos por leptospirose, segundo características sociodemográficas, epidemiológicas, clínicas, tempo de atendimento, pluviosidade e distribuição espacial em Campinas, São Paulo, no período de 2007 a 2014. Método: Estudo ecológi...

The beetle Costalimaita ferruginea (Coleoptera: Chysomelidae) in Eucalyptus plantations in transition area of Amazon and Cerrado Biomes

Braz. j. biol; 78 (1), 2018
Abstract Costalimaita ferruginea (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) attacks Eucalyptus plants causing severe damage through netting of the leaves. Recently, this Coleoptera has been reported attacking Myrtaceae in Mato Grosso State and, studies about the occurrence of this beetle in commercial plantations of eu...

Association of dengue fever with Aedes spp. abundance and climatological effects

Salud pública Méx; 60 (1), 2018
Abstract: Objective: To analyze the association of dengue fever incidence with Aedes mosquito's abundance, and the effect of climatological and geographical variables, in a region in Morelos State, Mexico. Materials and methods: Weekly data during the period 2010 to 2014 was used. Mosquito abundance ...

Heterocontrole da fluoretação da água de abastecimento público em cidades do estado de Goiás, Brasil

Resumo A adição do flúor na água é um método empregado na redução de cárie dentária. O controle da fluoretação é importante para manter a sua eficiência e, ao mesmo tempo, evitar o risco de ocorrência de fluorose, fruto do consumo de água com flúor em excesso. O objetivo deste trabalho f...

Sistema de cosecha de agua lluvia
Rainwater harvesting system. Installation, use and maintenance primer

El presente documento contiene la cartilla de instalación, uso y mantenimiento del Sistema de Cosecha de Agua Lluvia como una herramienta de aprendizaje para las comunidades de El Salvador. La iniciativa consiste en motivar el involucramiento de las mujeres y los gobiernos locales de los territorios par...

Bionomía de Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae) en dos rancherías del pueblo wayúu, Riohacha, La Guajira, Colombia

Biomédica (Bogotá); 37 (supl.2), 2017
Resumen Introducción. Riohacha, capital del departamento de La Guajira, registra las tasas más altas de malaria o paludismo en el departamento, especialmente entre los indígenas de la etnia wayúu. Objetivo. Describir algunos aspectos de la bionomía de las especies del género Anopheles presentes ...

Environmental drivers on leaf phenology of ironstone outcrops species under seasonal climate

An. acad. bras. ciênc; 89 (1), 2017
ABSTRACT Banded iron formations (BIF) have a particular vegetation type and provide a good model system for testing theories related to leaf phenology, due to unique stressful environmental conditions. As a consequence of the stressful conditions of BIF environment, we hypothesize that most species would...

Estadios ninfales de Amnestus rugosus (Hemiptera: Cydnidae)

Rev. biol. trop; 65 (1), 2017
ResumenEn México se han registrado 29 especies del género Amnestus, de las cuales, seis se encuentran en el estado de Veracruz. Se describen e ilustran las características morfológicas de los estadios inmaduros de A. rugosus, incluyendo notas sobre su biología y comportamiento. Las ninfas y adultos ...

Reproductive cycle of the endemic and threatened fish Puntius shalynius (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in Meghalaya, India

Rev. biol. trop; 65 (1), 2017
Abstract:Puntius shalynius is a highly endemic freshwater minor carp that is economically important and is threatened because of its ornamental value. The present investigation evaluated this barb gonadal maturation, based on morphology and spawning of this species in the Umiam river, Meghalaya, India. T...

Reproductive pattern of the large fruit-eating bat, Artibeus amplus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in the Venezuelan Andes

Rev. biol. trop; 65 (1), 2017
Abstract:Bimodal polyestry is the most common reproductive pattern in tropical bats, and it consists in producing one offspring per female twice a year. Reproductive patterns are closely related to rainfall regimes, frequently occurring twice a year in tropical regions. The goal of our study was to deter...