Objetivo: Avaliar a qualidade da identificação de triatomíneos na rede de laboratórios do estado de Pernambuco, Brasil. Métodos: Os nove laboratórios participantes receberam material de apoio com as chaves dicotômicas e um painel composto por sete insetos triatomíneos conhecidos no estado, para ...
Abstract Introduction: From 2011 to 2016, 24 cases of Chagas disease were reported in Córdoba according to the national public health surveillance system (Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia en Salud Pública, Sivigila), but the information regarding Trypanosoma cruzi circulating strains and infection rates...
Enfermedad de Chagas/epidemiología,
Insectos Vectores/parasitología,
Triatominae/parasitología,
Trypanosoma cruzi/aislamiento & purificación,
AvesSangre,
Sangre/parasitología,
Enfermedad de Chagas/parasitología,
Enfermedad de Chagas/transmisión,
Ciudades,
Colombia/epidemiología,
Conducta Alimentaria,
Genotipo,
Vivienda,
MamíferosSangre,
Panstrongylus/parasitología,
Rhodnius/parasitología,
Trypanosoma cruzi/clasificación,
Trypanosoma cruzi/genética
Abstract INTRODUCTION The ecoepidemiological situation in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil is characterized by frequent invasion and colonization of domiciliary units (DUs) by several triatomine species, with high rates of natural infection by Trypanosoma cruzi. METHODS: We evaluated the possib...
Abstract INTRODUCTION The present study reports the presence of triatomines in natural, peridomestic, and intradomicile environments in Itacoatiara municipality, state of Amazonas, a non-endemic region for Chagas disease. METHODS Active search was performed inside tree trunks, and palm trees, residen...
Distribución Animal,
Brasil,
Enfermedad de Chagas/transmisión,
Bosques,
Vivienda,
Insectos Vectores/clasificación,
Insectos Vectores/parasitología,
Densidad de Población,
Triatominae/clasificación,
Triatominae/parasitología,
Trypanosoma cruzi/aislamiento & purificación
RESUMEN Objetivos Conocer la infestación natural por triatominos y su infección por Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) en Acrocomia aculeata (A. aculeata) o palma corozo en el estado Anzoátegui, Venezuela. Materiales y métodos Se estudió la infestación triatomínica y su infección por T. cruzi en A....
Abstract INTRODUCTION The National Park of Serra das Confusões (NPSC) is a protected area of natural landscape located in Southern Piauí, Brazil, and it is considered as one of the largest and most important protected areas in the Caatinga biome. METHODS The natural occurrences of trypanosomatids f...
Animales Salvajes/parasitología,
Biodiversidad,
Brasil,
Reservorios de Enfermedades/parasitología,
Genotipo,
Marsupiales/clasificación,
Marsupiales/parasitología,
Parques Recreativos,
Filogenia,
Roedores/clasificación,
Roedores/parasitología,
Triatominae/parasitología,
Trypanosoma cruzi/genética,
Trypanosoma cruzi/aislamiento & purificación
Freitas, Yannara Barbosa Nogueira;
Souza, Celeste da Silva Freitas de;
Magalhães, Jamille Maia e;
Sousa, Maressa Laíse Reginaldo de;
d'Escoffier, Luiz Ney;
Valle, Tânia Zaverucha do;
Gonçalves, Teresa Cristina Monte;
Gil-Santana, Hélcio Reinaldo;
Kazimoto, Thais Aaparecida;
Amora, Sthenia Santos Albano.
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Chagas disease is caused by the protozoa Trypanosoma cruzi. Its main reservoir is the domestic dog, especially in rural areas with favorable characteristics for vector establishment and proliferation. The aims of this study were to collect data, survey and map the fauna, and iden...
Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios/sangre,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Enfermedad de Chagas/diagnóstico,
Enfermedad de Chagas/epidemiología,
Enfermedad de Chagas/veterinaria,
Enfermedades de los Perros/diagnóstico,
Enfermedades de los Perros/epidemiología,
Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente Indirecta,
Insectos Vectores/parasitología,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa,
Prevalencia,
Población Rural,
Triatominae/parasitología,
Trypanosoma cruzi/inmunología
Minuzzi-Souza, Thaís Tâmara Castro;
Nitz, Nadjar;
Cuba, César Augusto Cuba;
Santalucia, Marcelo;
Knox, Monique;
Hagström, Luciana;
Furtado, Camilla Bernardes;
Vital, Tamires Emanuele;
Obara, Marcos Takashi;
Hecht, Mariana Machado;
Gurgel-Gonçalves, Rodrigo.
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Chagas disease surveillance requires current knowledge on synanthropic triatomines. We analyzed the occurrence and Trypanosoma cruzi infection rates of triatomine bugs in central Brazil, during 2012-2014. METHODS: Triatomines were collected inside or around houses, and T. cruzi...
BACKGROUND Chagas disease (CD), caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is a neglected human disease. It is endemic to the Americas and is estimated to have an economic impact, including lost productivity and disability, of 7 billion dollars per year on average. OBJECTIVES To assess vulnerability t...
Introdução: Apesar do certificado de interrupção da transmissão da doença de Chagas (DC) pelo Triatoma infestans no Brasil em 2006, outras espécies de triatomíneos sinantrópicos tem sido encontradas em várias regiões do país, naturalmente infectadas pelo Trypanosoma cruzi. Em Pernambuco, dife...
