| [triatomids and forest reservoirs of trypanosoma cruzi in the state of paraná, southern brazil. preliminary results]. | in the rural area of five municipalities of the northeast of the state of paraná, brazil, 154 adults or nymphs of triatoma sordida and 2 panstrongylus megistus were captured in 21 (41.2%) of 51 dwellings at the peridomestic sites. trypanosoma cruzi-like organisms were found in 58 out of the 135 (43.0%) triatomids. moreover, it was also found in the blood of 4/7 opossum (didelphis sp). the triatomine infestation was more prevalent in the peridomicile than inside house. the forsaken wooden house p ... | 1997 | 9273566 |
| trypanosoma cruzi: chemotherapy with benznidazole in mice inoculated with strains from paraná state and from different endemic areas of brazil. | strains of trypanosoma cruzi from different geographical areas have shown different levels of susceptibility to trypanosomicidal drugs. the susceptibility in vivo to benznidazole was investigated in eighteen strains of t. cruzi. twelve were isolated from chronic chagasic patients from different chagas' disease endemic areas. the other six strains were isolated from the northwestern region of paraná state; two of them from patients, three from triatomines (triatoma sordida) and one from wild rese ... | 1997 | 9661307 |
| secondary triatomine species in dwellings and other nearby structures in municipalities under epidemiological surveillance in the state of paraná, brazil. | since data are scarce regarding secondary triatomine species in the brazilian state of paraná, this study investigated infestations in inhabited and abandoned houses and in various other nearby structures in rural areas of that state. | 2001 | 11550581 |