Objective: mapping of the distribution of Aedes spp. in the urban area of the municipality of Picos, Piauí associating the climate variables and identification the dengue virus serotypes circulating in Aedes aegypti mosquito populations. Methods: Thirty larvitraps were installed in 10 neighborhoods in the urban area of the municipality. Larvae were collected weekly during the period from February 2017 to July 2...
Background: Visceral leishmaniasis presents considerable expansion in urban centers in state of Piauí, its occurrence is marked by successive records of outbreaks. Objective: to analyze the reported cases of human visceral leishmaniasis in Piauí, between the years 2007 to 2017. Methods: The data were obtained from Notifiable Diseases Information System (Sinan-Datasus), variables were analyzed according to the S...
Neoplastic disease has become an important disease in domestic dogs over the years even thoughin veterinary medicine there is a lack of census of neoplasms. This report describes the tumor distribution between2003-2011 in Fortaleza (northeastern region of Brazil). A total of 1,008 samples of spontaneous tumour growths indogs from various tumor sites were obtained. The most affected sites were skin (52.98%; n=53...
Neoplastic disease has become an important disease in domestic dogs over the years even though in veterinary medicine there is a lack of census of neoplasms. This report describes the tumor distribution between 2003-2011 in Fortaleza (northeastern region of Brazil). A total of 1,008 samples of spontaneous tumour growths in dogs from various tumor sites were obtained. The most affected sites were skin (52.98%; n...
Anopheles darlingi is the principal neotropical malaria vector, responsible for more than a million cases of malaria per year on the American continent. Anopheles darlingi diverged from the African and Asian malaria vectors ∼100 million years ago (mya) and successfully adapted to the New World environment. Here we present an annotated reference A. darlingi genome, sequenced from a wild population of males and f...
Anopheles darlingi is the principal neotropical malaria vector, responsible for more than a million cases of malaria per year on the American continent. Anopheles darlingi diverged from the African and Asian malaria vectors ∼100 million years ago (mya) and successfully adapted to the New World environment. Here we present an annotated reference A. darlingi genome, sequenced from a wild population of males and f...
In Brazil, intoxications by toxic plants are a public health problem, and difficulty in the identification of these species is the main cause of the problem. Hardly ever people know about the toxic potential of plant species, so the objective of this study was evaluate the popular knowledge in Francisco Santos - PI about toxic plants. 101 forms were randomly applied to the residents of the town, which were prev...
This study aimed to perform an extensive, but objective, literature review on the use in folk medicine, therapeutic potential and toxicity at the cellular level, of Rosmarinus officinales, Salvia officinales and Mentha piperita belonging to the family Lamiaceae. These plants are widely cultivated and used in folk medicine, and studied by researchers worldwide for its therapeutic and toxicological potential. For...
Accuracy in the diagnosis of infectious diseases in animals might be difficult to achieve when the clinical and pathological outlines are confusing, as it happens with Classical Swine Fever (CSF) and Salmonelosis. CSF is one of the most important viral diseases with an enzootic occurrence in Brazil, while Salmonelosis is a bacterial disease that causes acute or chronic diarrhea and leads to death in several spe...