Introdução. A leishmaniose tegumentar americana (LTA) é uma endemia de importância em saúde pública na Amazônia Brasileira, onde possui diferentes perfis de transmissão com a participação de diversas espécies de vetores e de protozoários do gênero Leishmania. O Estado do Acre apresenta altos...
Leishmaniasis Cutánea/epidemiología,
Transmisión de Enfermedad Infecciosa,
Biodiversidad,
Vectores de Enfermedades,
Psychodidae,
Animales Salvajes,
Leishmania,
Hevea,
28441,
Distribución de Chi-Cuadrado,
Alineación de Secuencia
Ectoparasites can transmit pathogens, including bacteria such as Ehrlichia sp., which trigger infectious diseases in domestic animals. Little is known about the epidemiology of feline ehrlichiosis, although several studies have focused on elucidating the pathogenesis and transmission of this disease. Thi...
Background
Insecticide spraying efficiently controls house infestation by triatomine bugs, the vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi. The strategy, however, is ineffective against sylvatic triatomines, which can transmit Chagas disease by invading (without colonizing) man-made structures. Despite growing awarenes...
OBJETIVO: descrever a distribuição sazonal de culicídeos e a incidência dos casos de dengue em Barreiras, Bahia, Brasil. MÉTODOS: estudo descritivo com dados primários de distribuição de culicídeos em ovitrampas de abril de 2012 a março de 2013, e com dados secundários do Sistema de Informaç...
Abstract This study analyzed the presence of Biomphalaria in Melo creek basin, Minas Gerais state, and its relationship to irrigation canals. Seventeen of these canals were used to determine a limnological, morphological and hydrological characterization during an annual seasonal cycle. Biomphalaria samp...
Introduction: Understanding Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (L) behavior will provide insight into the design of entomological surveillance devices. Objective: Design and build a trap for surveillance Aedes aegypti. Methodology: We examined egg-laying preference and the ability to capture adult Ae. aegypti usi...
Cutaneous leishmaniasis has several species of Leishmania as agents, and a wide variety of wild and domestic animals as hosts and different species of phlebotomines as vectors. A case of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a dog coming from an agricultural settlement is described. This is the first report of para...
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Hantavirus diseases are emerging human diseases caused by Hantavirus spp. of the Bunnyaviridae family. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) has been detected in the Federal District (DF) of Brazil since 2004. Among the 27 Brazilian Federal Units, DF has the highest fatality rate. M...
N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (DEET) is a broad-spectrum insect repellent used by millions of people since the 1950s. Ethyl 3-[acetyl(butyl)amino]propanoate (IR3535) is a repellent developed more recently that is still not used as extensively. This study compares the behavioral and toxicological effects ...
Objetivo – Analisar as medidas preventivas para diminuir o número de casos de Leishmaniose Visceral Canina na Gerência de Vigilância Ambiental de Zoonoses (GEVAZ) em Brasília – Distrito Federal. Métodos – O estudo é do tipo retrospectivo descritivo que foi desenvolvido na Gerência de Vigilâ...
