| [triatoma infestans in area under entomological surveillance for chagas' disease in são paulo state, brazil]. | in response to notification of the capture of a winged triatomine bug by local inhabitants, an epidemiological investigation was investigated in the rural area of the municipality of paulínia, são paulo state (brazil). this led to the collection of 109 specimens of triatoma infestans from peridomiciliary breeding sites. local conditions favored colonization by triatomine bugs: many abandoned outbuildings were inhabited by pigeons and sparrows, which meant abundant feed for these bugs. thus, surv ... | 2001 | 11600909 |
| [chagas disease control program in the state of são paulo, brazil: serological and entomological aspects of primary school-children surveys]. | two serological surveys were carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of measures put into effect in the state of são paulo (brazil) to control chagas disease vectors. the first one, during the period from 1968 to 1970; the complement fixation reaction was performed on serum samples from school-children resident in all municipalities of the state of são paulo, with the exception of the greater são paulo. the second one, annually, from 1973 to 1983, involving school-children resident in municipa ... | 2011 | 21584363 |
| [seroprevalence of triatoma infestans chagas disease after vector control measures]. | the study is part of a project intended to retrieve information about the serology of the american trypanosomiasis in the state of são paulo, brazil, during the period when there was a state effort to control the vector. data from the municipality of taquarituba, administrative region of sorocaba, which was then important in the epidemiology of chagas disease in that region, were analyzed. despite the government efforts started in the 1950s, domiciliary triatomines were still being captured in t ... | 2000 | 10769355 |
| [triatoma infestans: importance, control and elimination of the species in the state of são paulo, brazil]. | considerations about the control of the vectors of chagas' disease are made in the state of sao paulo, mainly those activities that led to the elimination of t. infestans. first of all, the authors discuss different aspects of the biology of t. infestans mainly those that permitted it to adapt itself in rural areas of the state in the first middle of the century. secondary factors that helped the control such as rural exodus are also analysed. the article shows that since 1965 the control became ... | 1998 | 9477701 |
| [course of serologic positivity to chagas disease in a rural community in brazil]. | in order to assess the evolution of seropositivity for chagas' disease in the rural community of cássia dos coqueiros, in são paulo state, we compared two cross-sectional studies performed at that site in 1971-1972 and in 1989-1991. in the first survey the complement fixation test was used to determine seropositivity for the disease. in this study, the total prevalence of chagas' disease was found to be 16.6%, with values ranging from 2.9 to 61.9% (in the 10-19 and 50-59 year age groups, respect ... | 1997 | 9445769 |
| [control of triatoma infestans in the state of são paulo]. | | 1993 | 7855355 |
| [house infestation caused by triatoma infestans and various epidemiologic aspects of american trypanosomiasis in an area of the state of são paulo, brazil]. | | 1969 | 4984570 |
| [spraying suspension in the control of triatoma infestans in areas of the state of são paulo, brazil]. | | 1969 | 4190315 |