Abstract: Objective: To compare the efficacy of three modern larvicides with the organophosphate temephos for control of Aedes aegypti in water tanks in Chiapas. Materials and methods: Trials were performed to compare the efficacy of pyriproxyfen, novaluron, two formulations of spinosad (granules and t...
Aedes,
Insecticidas,
Macrólidos,
Compuestos de Fenilurea,
Piridinas,
Temefós,
Aedes/anatomía & histología,
Combinación de Medicamentos,
Vivienda,
Larva,
México,
Control de MosquitosMétodos,
Oviposición,
Agua/parasitología
Abstract: Objective: To determine the abundance and geographic distribution of the main malaria vectors, which are influenced by habitat characteristics and ecological factors that directly impact adult density and the dynamics of malaria transmission in Mexico. Materials and methods: Samples of larvae...
En este trabajo se realizó un relevamiento de los informes del centro de salud ubicado en Vaqueros (Salta, Argentina) durante un período de 8 meses. Al mismo tiempo se determinó la concentración de Escherichia coli y de quistes de Giardia spp. en muestras procedentes de cuatro fuentes de agua diferen...
Diarrea/epidemiología,
Escherichia coli/aislamiento & purificación,
Giardia/aislamiento & purificación,
Sistema de Registros,
Microbiología del Agua,
Calidad del Agua,
Agua/parasitología,
Argentina,
Diarrea/microbiología,
Diarrea/parasitología,
Incidencia
Ferreira, Fernanda Pinto;
Caldart, Eloiza Teles;
Freire, Roberta Lemos;
Mitsuka-Breganó, Regina;
Freitas, Felipe Machado de;
Miura, Ana Carolina;
Mareze, Marcelle;
Martins, Felippe Danyel Cardoso;
Urbano, Mariana Ragassi;
Seifert, Adilson Luiz;
Navarro, Italmar Teodorico.
Abstract The objective of this study was to determine factors associated with vegetable contamination with zoonotic protozoan. Samples of water, soil and vegetables were collected from July/2014 to May/2016, totaling 83 samples, 21 properties of Londrina region, Paraná, Brazil. DNA amplification of Tox...
Cryptosporidium/genética,
Cryptosporidium/aislamiento & purificación,
ADN Protozoario/genética,
Giardia lamblia/genética,
Giardia lamblia/aislamiento & purificación,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa,
Suelo/parasitología,
Toxoplasma/genética,
Toxoplasma/aislamiento & purificación,
Verduras/parasitología,
Agua/parasitología
RESUMEN El crecimiento de la población mundial ha incrementado la demanda de agua, por otro lado, el cambio climático nos muestra que las fuentes de agua que antes eran seguras actualmente ya no lo son. Existen desigualdades entre las zonas urbanas y rurales, así el 96% de la población mundial urbana...
Abstract: Cryptosporidiosis is a very prominent disease in the field of public health, and usually causes diarrhea. We describe two immunocompetent patients who presented with chronic diarrhea that was ultimately found to be caused by continuous exposure to well water contaminated with the microbial cyst...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. in a public water-treatment system. Samples of raw and treated water were collected and concentrated using the membrane filtration technique. Direct Immunofluorescence Test was performed on the samples. D...
The objective of our study was to gain greater insight into the pattern of water contact in relation to schistosomiasis among residents of São Lourenço da Mata, a town in Pernambuco, a state in the Northeast of Brazil. We had two primary objectives: 1) to identify water contact activities that were mor...
