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Visceral leishmaniasis among Indians of the State of Roraima, Brazil. Clinical ...
Guerra, Jorge Augusto de Oliveira; Barros, Marcus Luíz Barroso; Fé, Nelson Ferreira; Guerra, Marcus Vinítius de Farias; Castellón, Eloy GuilhermoA description of the epidemiological profile of visceral leishmaniasis among Indians in the State of Roraima, Brazil, was based on the clinical characteristics of human and dog disease, ecological aspects of the area where the cases occurred and entomologic investigations performed from 1989 to 1993. The 82 human cases were reported in six out of eight Counties that existed then in the State; there was a 69.5% ...
A profile of scorpionism, including the species of scorpions involved, in the s...
Costa, Cícero Lucinaldo Soares de Oliveira; Fé, Nelson Ferreira; Sampaio, Iracilda C.; Tadei, Wanderli PedroIntroduction: This study investigated scorpionism profile in the State of Amazonas, Brazil. Methods: Data referring to stinging incidents were obtained from the National Databank of Major Causes of Morbidity. Information on the scorpion species involved was obtained from the Amazonas State health units. Results: Amazonas has a scorpionism rate of 8.14 cases/100,000 inhabitants. Some municipalities (e.g., Apuí) ...
Phlebotomine Sand Flies from São Gabriel da Cachoeira (State of Amazonas, Brazi...
Fé, Nelson Ferreira; Freitas, Rui Alves de; Barrett, Toby VincentThirty-five species of Lutzomyia and two species of Brumptomyia were identified among 795 phlebotomines taken in light-traps near the upper reaches of the middle Rio Negro. The subgenus Psychodopygus predominated in number of species (11) and relative abundance (74-81% in light trap samples from the forest and 99% on human bait). For many of the species these records help to fill large gaps on current maps of d...
Integrated vector management targeting Anopheles darlingi populations decreases...
Martins-Campos, Keillen M.; Pinheiro, Waléria Dasso; Vítor-Silva, Sheila; Siqueira, Andre M.; Melo, Gisely Cardoso de; Rodrigues, Íria C.Background: Studies on vector behaviour should be conducted in order to evaluate the effectiveness of vector control measures on malaria protection in endemic areas of Latin America, where P. vivax predominates. This work aims to investigate the fauna of anopheline mosquitoes and verify the impact of integrated vector management in two colonization projects in the Careiro Municipality, Western Brazilian Amazon....