| [food preferences (between human blood and bird blood) of triatoma sordida found in inhabited houses of the northern regions of the state of são paulo]. | | 1977 | 333544 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 control program in the state of são paulo: persistence of high triatomine infestation rates in some localities during the 1990s]. | the purpose of our investigation was to analyze the persistence, in the state of são paulo, of domiciliary units highly infested with chagas disease triatomine vectors. comprehensive epidemiologic information collected from 1990 to 1999 in the state of s o paulo was retrieved from database files. consistently high infestation rates were found in 43 localities distributed among 21 municipalities in the ara atuba region. captures produced predominantly peridomiciliary triatoma sordida specimens, m ... | 2003 | 12973562 |
| [investigation into the effect of household triatomine infestation on awareness among inhabitants of settlements and re-settlements in areas infested with triatoma sordida in são paulo state, brazil]. | this study aims to analyze the effect of domiciliary infestation by triatomine bugs on the degree to which inhabitants are aware of potential vector transmission of chagas disease. such recently constructed dwellings comprise housing groups classified as settlements and re-settlements, selected respectively in the municipalities of euclides da cunha paulista and paulicéia, são paulo state, brazil. both municipalities are under the jurisdiction of the presidente prudente health administrative reg ... | 2004 | 15073636 |
| [broadening the scope of triatomine research in the attendance of notifications of triatoma sordida (stål, 1859) in the state of são paulo]. | the objective of this study was to broaden the inspection of home units to a radius of 200 meters from the residence of each notified case. the notifications received by the regional services of sucen of são josé do rio preto, araçatuba and presidente prudente were evaluated in august, september and october of 2002. there was a total of 263 notifications of triatomines, of which 79 were positive. broadening the scope meant another 610 domestic units were included in the investigation and in 14.5 ... | 2005 | 16082483 |