| [aspects of "bug reporting" activity by the population in the control of panstrongylus megistus in 12 countries of the northwestern region of são paulo state, brazil, 1974 to 1983]. | the importance of "bug reporting", on the part of the local human population, to the epidemiological surveillance of chagas' disease in s. paulo state is demonstrated. the variations the number of "bug reports" from the local human population in the period from 1974 to 1983 relating to an area, infested by panstrongylus megistus, in the northeast of s. paulo state are studied. an increase in the number of "bug reporting" occurring in october, november and december was observed; however, no conne ... | 1990 | 2129403 |
| [determinants of the process of domiciliary infestation by panstrongylus megistus: the role of housing and deforesting]. | this study investigates the housing conditions and deforesting in caconde and são josé do rio pardo, neighbouring towns located in the northeastern region of the state of são paulo, brazil. these localities have had different dwelling infestation rates by panstrongylus megistus and they also show distinct socioeconomic development. the housing conditions were studied by the analysis of data collected during the 1970's by the superintendência de controle de endemias (sucen), a government agency. ... | 1990 | 2135491 |
| [ecological aspects of american trypanosomiasis. i. findings of panstrongylus megistus and its relation to the natural foci of the infection, in the urban area of são paulo city, brazil]. | | 1970 | 4990136 |
| [house colonization of panstrongylus megistus in the southern coastal region of the state of são paulo, brazil]. | | 1982 | 6755643 |
| [chagas' disease in the southern coastal region of brazil]. | to analyze serological data collected in two different periods, from the late 1960's to 1983, when these data was first added to the available information about vector triatomines found in the state of são paulo, and from 1984 to 1999, a period when serology was used to describe endemic chagas' disease in the state. | 2003 | 12488920 |
| [the prevalence, infection indices and feeding habits of the triatominae captured in an area of epidemiological surveillance]. | prevalence of triatomines and their infection by trypanosoma cruzi, were studied during 1974-1981, in the administrative region of campinas, são paulo, brazil. this investigation was continued (1982-1986), blood meal tests with bird, marsupial, rodent and human antisera having been added. panstrongylus megistus, predominant in the region, whose winged instars are often found infected by t. cruzi in inhabited houses, displayed and alimentary eclecticism. from a sample of 7,785, 14.78 percent reac ... | 1992 | 1308951 |
| [the chagas disease control program of the são paulo state: the contribution of serology to the epidemiological investigation of triatomine-infested domiciliary units during the 1990s]. | the chagas disease control program in são paulo state, brazil, now in the entomological surveillance phase, includes a serological examination of individuals residing in domiciliary units infested with vector triatomines infected with trypanosoma cruzi. from 1990 to 1999, this action included area in which triatomine searches were conducted either as a routine procedure, according to their levels of intra- or peridomiciliary infestation, or at the request of local residents. among residents of t ... | 2002 | 12488897 |
| [chagas' disease: triatomines notification of the são paulo state during the 1990s]. | the objective of this study was to analyze the surveillance of chagas' disease in são paulo state through notifications registered from 1990 to 1999. the information originated when notification of triatomines was announced by inhabitants and the established control program was followed. 20,563 triatomine notifications were received, showing a decrease over the years, with more accentuated decreases in the area of greatest frequency of panstrongylus megistus. each notification corresponded to an ... | 2006 | 17160329 |
| biogeography of brazilian populations of panstrongylus megistus (hemiptera, reduviidae, triatominae) based on molecular marker and paleo-vegetational data. | in epidemiological terms, panstrongylus megistus is one of the most important species of triatomine bug in brazil. samples from 11 localities were studied using the random amplification of polymorphic dna (rapd) technique, which was able to differentiate the study populations clearly. biogeographical data indicate that these populations could already have arisen 18,000 years ago (c(14)), it being possible to differentiate insects from the brazilian states of santa catarina (sc) in the south, cea ... | 2006 | 17055993 |
| [chagas' disease in são paulo state: a comparative study between systematic search and inhabitants' report of bugs in the area under entomological surveillance]. | entomological surveillance of chagas' disease in são paulo state has adopted a scheme that uses the locality as a unit for field work. actions are prioritized according to infestation levels obtained by systematic search of triatomine (routine actions), bugs in areas with high infestation levels and in houses whose inhabitants report the presence of the bugs (reply to notification). the most prevalent triatominic species in sao paulo state at present are triatoma sordida and panstrongylus megist ... | 1999 | 10881102 |