Author | Piesman, Joseph | |
Author | Mota, Eduardo | |
Author | Sherlock, Ítalo Rodrigues de Araújo | |
Author | Todd, Charles W | |
Access date | 2019-02-20T13:17:58Z | |
Available date | 2019-02-20T13:17:58Z | |
Document date | 1985 | |
Citation | PIESMAN, J. et al. Trypanosoma cruzi: association between seroreactivity of children and infection rates in domestic Panstrongylus Megistus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, v. 22, n. 2, p. 130-133, 1985. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0022-2585 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/31779 | |
Sponsorship | Federal University of Bahia, the Fundacao Oswaldo
Cruz, and the Harvard School of Public Health. Field work was
supported by Antonio Celso Batista, Antonio Carlos Santos,
and Tome Silva Oliveira. Technical support in the laboratory
was provided by Vera Lucia Menezes, Roberto Magalhaes, and
Maria C.S. Blanco. At Harvard the faculty and staff of the
Department of Tropical Public Health furnished logistical, secretarial,
and technical assistance; Dr Thomas H. Weller provided
administrative support and scientific advice throughout
the study. Dr Howard A. Christensen, Gorgas Memorial Laboratory,
kindly made available the facilities of the Arthropod
Blood-Meal Identification Regional Reference Center, supported
by the UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme
for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases. | pt_BR |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Oxfor University Press | pt_BR |
Rights | restricted access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Trypanosoma cruzi | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Panstrongylus | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Infecção | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Saúde da Comunidade | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Triatomineos | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Crianças | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Transmissão | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Atenção à saúde | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Brasil | pt_BR |
Title | Trypanosoma cruzi: association between seroreactivity of children and infection rates in domestic Panstrongylus Megistus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1093/jmedent/22.2.130 | pt_BR |
Abstract | In Castro Alves, Bahia, Brazil, the presence of children seroreactive to Trypanosoma cruzi was associated with high infection rates in household Panstrongylus megistus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). In a survey of 63 infested houses, 54% of bugs collected from houses with seroreactive children were infected. In contrast, only 14% of triatomines from houses with seroreactive
adults and no seroreactive children were infected. Infection rates in P. megistus were significantly correlated with the number of seroreactive children present per household. To selectively reduce transmission of T. cruzi in a community, protection of infested homes housing children should receive primary attention. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Federal University of Bahia. School of Medicine. Department of Preventive Medicine. Salvador, BA, Brazil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. | pt_BR |
Subject | Trypanosoma cruzi | pt_BR |
Subject | Panstrongylus | pt_BR |
Subject | Infection | pt_BR |
Subject | Public Health | pt_BR |
Subject | Triatomines | pt_BR |
Subject | Children | pt_BR |
Subject | Transmission | pt_BR |
Subject | Health care | pt_BR |
Subject | Brazil | pt_BR |