| [the logic of a traditional health belief: solar eclipse and pregnancy in ocuituco, mexico]. | an analysis of the logic of one of the commonest health beliefs in rural areas of mexico is made, taking as a starting point testimonies collected in the area of ocuituco, in the state of morelos. this belief suggests that a pregnant woman is in danger of having a harelipped baby during a solar eclipse. the importance of the knowledge about the logic of this kind of beliefs is discussed from a public health perspective. these beliefs are associated with specific forms of suffering and give way t ... | 1995 | 7502155 |
| evaluation of risk factors for rural infestation by triatoma pallidipennis (hemiptera: triatominae), a mexican vector of chagas disease. | control of chagas disease requires control of its triatomine vectors, which requires an understanding of the determinants of infestation. twenty-seven household environmental characteristics in the town of chalcatzingo, morelos, were analyzed for association with infestation by triatoma pallidipennis, the predominant local vector. data were obtained through timed household searches for triatomines and surveys that characterized intradomicile and peridomicile environments. of the households surve ... | 2004 | 15311472 |
| feeding patterns of triatoma longipennis usinger (hemiptera, reduviidae) in peridomestic habitats of a rural community in jalisco state, mexico. | we analyzed triatomine blood feeding patterns to evaluate the role of peridomiciles in trypanosoma cruzi transmission at the rural village of tepehuaje de morelos at jalisco state, mexico (1999). a total of 206 bugs were collected in 11 out of 26 households (42.3%). nymphs predominated in the collections (64.9% of the total). except for one triatoma barberi female, a species that belongs to the protracta species complex, all adults were triatoma longipennis, a species of the phyllosoma complex. ... | 2004 | 15605639 |