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Nursing action in the context of schistosomiasis
Rodrigues, Shirley Aparecida Silveira; Andrade, João Vitor; Rosa, Florence Mara; Bachur, Tatiana Paschoalette Rodrigues; Coimbra, Elaine SoaresIn Brazil, schistosomiasis is caused by the helminth Schistosoma mansoni, being directly associated with poverty and inadequate living conditions, representing a serious public health problem in the country, where it is a compulsory notification disease. This study aimed to understand the nursing actions in the care of patients with schistosomiasis mansoni that, due to the different clinical manifestations duri...
Breeding of Biomphalaria tenagophila in mass scale
Rosa, Florence Mara; Marques, Daisymara P. Almeida; Maciel, Engels; Couto, Josiane Maria; Corrêa, Deborah A. Negrão; Teles, Horácio M. SantanaFoi desenvolvido um método eficiente de criação em larga escala de Biomphalaria tenagophila (linhagem Taim/RS) durante o período de 2005-2010. Foi concebida uma instalação que consiste de quatro tanques de alvenaria (9,4 x 0,6 x 0,22) com fundos recobertos por uma mistura constituída de terra vermelha esterilizada e carbonato de cálcio. Foi padronizado que cada tanque de criação conteria em média 3.000 exemplar...
Breeding of Biomphalaria tenagophila in mass scale
Rosa, Florence Mara; Marques, Daisymara P. Almeida; Maciel, Engels; Couto, Josiane Maria; Negrão-Corrêa, Deborah A.; Teles, Horácio M. SantanaAn efficient method for breeding Biomphalaria tenagophila (Taim lineage/RS) was developed over a 5-year-period (2005-2010). Special facilities were provided which consisted of four cement tanks (9.4 x 0.6 x 0.22 m), with their bottom covered with a layer of sterilized red earth and calcium carbonate. Standard measures were adopted, as follows: each tank should contain an average of 3000 specimens, and would be ...