| [operational aspects of triatoma brasiliensis control]. | vector control strategies against indigenous species is not easy, due to their capacity to reinvade treated premises from sylvatic ecotopes. between august 1996 and december 1997 we conducted a study on reinfestation of houses after spraying in a county in the state of ceará. of 277 houses examined, 113 (40.8%) were infested (21.7% intradomiciliary and 35.4% peridomiciliary). of the 433 triatominae collected, 207 were triatoma brasiliensis (49% of which intradomiciliary, with a mean of 1.8 insec ... | 2000 | 11119320 |
| [use of random amplified polymorphic dna (rapd) in the populational study of triatoma brasiliensis neiva, 1911]. | we evaluated the genetic variability of triatoma brasiliensis, the main vector of chagas disease in northeast brazil, using specimens from three populations. regions of genomic dna were amplified by rapd (random amplified polimorphic dna), using two primers. the products were visualized after polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by silver staining. a dendrogram constructed through the dice similarity coefficient allowed for separation of the tested specimens into three distinct groups. th ... | 2000 | 11119326 |
| [focal and total residual insecticide spraying to control triatoma brasiliensis and triatoma pseudomaculata in northeast brazil]. | to efficiently control the triatomines triatoma brasiliensis and triatoma pseudomaculata, a field trial was performed to compare conventional versus focal spraying of deltamethrin 5% sc at 25 mg a. i./m2 and the slow-release organophosphate malathion 8.3% sr at 2g a. i./m2. the assay took place in the county of boa viagem, ceará state, with 1541 households, randomly separated into 4 groups. two of them received focal spraying: pt, treated with deltamethrin indoors and in the peridomicile, and pl ... | 2000 | 11119328 |
| the epidemiologic importance of triatoma brasiliensis as a chagas disease vector in brazil: a revision of domiciliary captures during 1993-1999. | to clarify the epidemiologic importance of triatoma brasiliensis, the most important chagas disease vector in the northeastern of brazil, capture data related to this species, its distribution, capture index, and percentages of natural infection by trypanosoma cruzi were examined in 12 different brazilian states. the brazilian national health foundation collected these data from 1993 to 1999, a period during which a total of 1,591,280 triatomines (21 species) were captured in domiciles within th ... | 2003 | 12937751 |
| epidemiology of chagas disease in jaguaruana, ceará, brazil. i. presence of triatomines and index of trypanosoma cruzi infection in four localities of a rural area. | in order to assay the triatomine infestation and domiciliation in the rural area of jaguaruana district, state of ceará, brazil, we studied, from november 2000 to april 2002, 4 localities comprising 158 domiciles as a whole, with an average of 4 inhabitants/house, who are dwelling in there for more than 7 years. most houses have tile-covered roofs and the walls built with plaster-covered bricks (57%), followed by bricks without plaster (33%), and mud walls (7.5%). a total of 3082 triatomines wer ... | 2004 | 15273797 |
| dynamics between sylvatic, peridomestic and domestic populations of triatoma brasiliensis (hemiptera: reduviidae) in ceara state, northeastern brazil. | triatoma brasiliensis is the most important chagas disease vector in the drier regions of the "brazilian caatinga", colonizing both sylvatic and domestic environments, usually forming abundant colonies. control trials using insecticides against domestic and peridomestic populations suggest that the t. brasiliensis has a high capacity to repopulate treated habitats from the neighboring sylvatic populations, making its elimination more complex. the aim of this work was to determine genetic variabi ... | 2005 | 15589804 |
| aspects of peridomiciliary ecotopes in rural areas of northeastern brazil associated to triatomine (hemiptera, reduviidae) infestation, vectors of chagas disease. | artificial ecotopes of 121 peridomiciliary environments in four rural localities in the state of ceará, brazil, were studied and the type of material of the ecotopes was identified as triatomine infestation. two thousand two hundred and four triatoma brasiliensis neiva, 340 triatoma pseudomaculata corrêa and espínola, 121 rhodnius nasutus stall, and 5 panstrongylus lutzi (neiva and pinto) were captured. out of the 323 ecotopes found (x = 2.0 +/- 1.8 per dwelling) - such as pigpens, henhouses, co ... | 2006 | 16830706 |
| [epidemiology of chagas disease in four rural localities in jaguaruana, state of ceará: seroprevalence of infection, parasitemia and clinical characteristics]. | a cross-sectional study on chagas disease that examined the populations of four localities (n masculine = 541 inhabitants) in the municipality of jaguaruana, state of ceará, showed seroprevalence of chagas infection of 3.1%, as assessed by indirect immunofluorescence, indirect hemagglutination and elisa tests. the rate was higher among adults over 50 years old, without any difference in relation to sex. positive parasitemia was found in 11.8% (2/17) of the seropositive individuals by means of in ... | 2008 | 18853005 |
| surveillance of chagas disease vectors in municipalities of the state of ceará, brazil. | the present study aimed to analyse the dwelling infestation rates and the distribution and natural trypanosoma cruzi infection rates, among triatomines captured in the 13 municipalities of the state of ceará. the records relating to the capture of intradomicile and peridomicile triatomines during the chagas disease control program of 1998-2008 were available. among the triatomines captured and in all of the municipalities studied, triatoma brasiliensis presented the highest incidence in intradom ... | 2009 | 20140377 |
| susceptibility of triatoma brasiliensis from state of ceará, northeastern brazil, to the pyrethroid deltamethrin. | after controlling triatoma infestans in brazil, other species of triatomine that were considered minor in the transmission of chagas disease became important. the persistence of triatoma brasiliensis in northeastern brazil, associated with reinfection of domestic environments recently sprayed with pyrethroids, may be a signal of susceptibility alteration of this species to this insecticide. specimens of t. brasiliensis from the municipality of tauá, state of ceará, were captured before and one y ... | 2010 | 20512253 |