Chagas disease has been almost entirely eradicated from the arid zones in Central and Northeastern Brazil where rare or no autochthonous cases have been reported. However, in the last 10 years the disease has increasingly been registered in the Amazon Region. Aiming to investigate the possibility of the occurrence of autochthonous cycle of Chagas disease in Roraima, triatomine collections, vectorial susceptibil...
We assessed the effects of different quality fish species and reductions in their abundance in the growth of Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) chicks in the Azores. An energetic balance model was developed, which accounts for the energy available from ingested fishes and the energy expenditure by the chicks. Fish species ingested by Roseate Tern chicks were mainly Trachurus picturatus, Scomberesox saurus, Macrora...
Este artigo apresenta os resultados do inquérito epidemiológico que estudou a ocorrência e a distribuição da filariose bancroftiana no Distrito de Cavaleiro, Município de Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco. O desenho de estudo empregado foi o seccional. Foram analisados 9.520 indivíduos da população residente nos 12 bairros que compõem o distrito. Deste total, detectou-se 213 microfilarêmicos (2,2%). Cerca de ...
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