Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo CruzBACKGROUND Knowledge on synanthropic phlebotomines and their natural infection by Leishmania is necessary for the identification of potential areas for leishmaniasis occurrence.
Tâmara Dias Oliveira Machado +12 more
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Oviposition in the blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus is modulated by host odors [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Triatomine bugs are blood-sucking insects, vectors of Chagas disease. Despite their importance, their oviposition behavior has received relatively little attention. Some triatomines including Rhodnius prolixus stick their eggs to a substrate.
Guerenstein, Pablo Gustavo +1 more
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A Review on the Collection, Preservation and Systematic Techniques in Phlebotominae
Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 2007 The aim of present study is to discuss the taxonomic and biological history and significance of Phlebotominae sand flies giving emphasis on their collection, preservation and identification of new species as well as differentiation of male and female. Several species of Phlebotominae sand flies are known throughout the world including India.
D. P. Singh, Narinder Singh, Ipe M Ipe
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2009 A construção de represas geralmente causa modificações na composição da fauna em sua área de influência. Na área de implantação da Usina Hidrelétrica de Rosal, Estados do Espírito Santo e Rio de Janeiro, foram avaliadas modificações na abundância de ...
Helder Ricas Rezende +5 more
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Integrated Tools for American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Surveillance and Control: Intervention in an Endemic Area in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil [PDF]
, 2012 American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is a focal disease whose surveillance and control require complex actions. The present study aimed to apply integrated tools related to entomological surveillance, environmental management, and health education ...
Adriana Zwetsch +6 more
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Disease surveillance and patient care in remote regions: an exploratory study of collaboration among healthcare professionals in Amazonia [PDF]
, 2014 The development and deployment of information technology, particularly mobile tools, to support collaboration between different groups of healthcare professionals has been viewed as a promising way to improve disease surveillance and patient care in ...
Cesario, Manuel +2 more
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Epidemiology of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and description of phlebotomine sandfly populations in the city of Acrelandia, Acre, Brazil [PDF]
, 2008 São apresentadas neste artigo a distribuição da leishmaniose tegumentar (LT) e descrição das populações de flebotomíneos em Acrelândia, Acre. Os dados epidemiológicos foram obtidos a partir de fichas de notificação de casos ocorridos entre 2001 e 2004, e
CAVASINI, Carlos Eugênio +3 more
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Cadernos de Saúde PúblicaHá poucos estudos sobre a microbiota do trato digestivo de flebotomíneos, considerando-se que o sangue não é o único alimento ingerido. Os flebotomíneos, tanto os machos como as fêmeas, alimentam-se de açúcares, provenientes de várias fontes ...
Sandra Maria Pereira de Oliveira +8 more
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Phlebotominae (Diptera, Psychodidae) na Província Espeleológica do Vale do Ribeira - 1. Parque Estadual Intervales (PEI), estado de São Paulo, Brasil [PDF]
The identification of the sandfly fauna and investigation of some ecological aspects of its populations in areas frequented by tourists of the PEI, an Atlantic forest reserve with many caves, were the objective of this study.
BUENO, Edna F. M. +4 more
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Attraction of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) to light traps in rural areas of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. [PDF]
, 2003 Volume ...
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