| domiciliation of triatoma pseudomaculata (corrêa e espínola 1964) in the jequitinhonha valley, state of minas gerais. | impact of the vector control program was evaluated eight years after implantation of epidemiological surveillance for chagas disease in berilo, a municipality in the jequitinhonha valley of the brazilian state of minas gerais. in all 5,242 domiciliary units (96% of the total) were inspected and 10 found to be infested by the triatomine bug triatoma pseudomaculata. triatomines were found associated with bats inside one house and in the peridomiciles of the other nine. none of the 111 triatoma pse ... | 2007 | 17876457 |
| entomological surveillance of chagas disease in berilo municipality, jequitinhonha valley, state of minas gerais, brazil. | this study aimed to evaluate the chagas disease control program which has operated since 1982 in the municipality of berilo in the jequitinhonha valley, minas gerais, brazil, based on evaluation of 5,242 domiciliary units (dus) and 7,807 outbuildings over an eight-year period of epidemiological surveillance implanted in 1997. a total of 391 triatomines (280 panstrongylus megistus and 111 triatoma pseudomaculata) were captured, indicating the continued predominance of the former species. however, ... | 2009 | 20209342 |