Circulation of Trypanosoma cruzi in triatomines and Didelphis sp. in urban areas: Transmission risk assessment in the Metropolitan Region.

The presence of Trypanosoma cruzi vectors in urban areas has been frequent, with colonization of homes and associated with reservoir animals that increase risk to humans, with simultaneous circulation of vectors and T. cruzi. The study aimed to describe the circulation of triatomines and T.

Interdisciplinary approach at the primary healthcare level for Bolivian immigrants with Chagas disease in the city of São Paulo.

Background/methods: In a pioneering cross-sectional study among Bolivian immigrants in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, the epidemiological profile, clinical manifestations and morbidity of Chagas disease were described. The feasibility of the management of Chagas disease at primary healthcare clinics using a biomedical and psychosocial interdisciplinary approach was also tested. Previously, a Trypanosoma cruzi (T.

Colonization of palm trees by Rhodnius neglectus and household and invasion in an urban area, Araçatuba, São Paulo State, Brazil.

The objective of this study is to report on the colonization of palm trees by Rhodnius neglectus, its invasion in an urban area, in Araçatuba - São Paulo, and the control and surveillance measures that have been put in place. Domiciliary triatomine searches occurred in apartments upon the inhabitants' notification. The collected insects were identified and examined for natural infection and food sources with a precipitin test.

Magnitude and trend of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, 1975 to 2008.

The aim of this study was to analyze the magnitude and trend of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL) in the State of São Paulo from 1975 to 2008. An ecological study that classified municipalities according to the magnitude of transmission was performed. From 1975 to 1985, 1,281 cases of ATL were registered in 45 municipalities, rising to 258 municipalities and 4,093 cases from 1986 to 1995; and reaching 385 municipalities and 7,604 cases from 1996 to 2008.

[Community participation in dengue control: an analysis of the sensitivity of municipal health plans in the State of São Paulo, Brazil].

Community participation in activities to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquito has been identified as one of the key thrusts in dengue control programs. This study aimed to verify the extent to which local health plans include community participation in dengue control activities in municipalities in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The municipal health plans were analyzed used a reading script covering their main sections: (i) introduction and analysis of the health situations, (ii) objectives and targets, and (iii) proposed interventions.

[Infestation by triatomines in rural settlement and resettlement areas the Region of Pontal do Paranapanema, State of São Paulo].

This study had the aim of assessing the characteristics of triatomine infestation in human dwellings in rural settlement and resettlement areas with regard to the time when infestation began. We analyzed data relating to 48 triatomine surveys carried out in 105 settlement areas and six resettlement areas in the region of Pontal do Paranapanema between January 1984 and June 2005. Among the 16 surveys in settlement areas, seven (43.

[Chagas' disease: triatomines notification of the São Paulo State during the 1990s].

The objective of this study was to analyze the surveillance of Chagas' disease in São Paulo State through notifications registered from 1990 to 1999. The information originated when notification of triatomines was announced by inhabitants and the established control program was followed. 20,563 triatomine notifications were received, showing a decrease over the years, with more accentuated decreases in the area of greatest frequency of Panstrongylus megistus.

[Broadening the scope of triatomine research in the attendance of notifications of Triatoma sordida (Stål, 1859) in the State of São Paulo].

The objective of this study was to broaden the inspection of home units to a radius of 200 meters from the residence of each notified case. The notifications received by the regional Services of SUCEN of São José do Rio Preto, Araçatuba and Presidente Prudente were evaluated in August, September and October of 2002. There was a total of 263 notifications of triatomines, of which 79 were positive.

[Chagas Disease Control Program in the State of São Paulo: persistence of high triatomine infestation rates in some localities during the 1990s].

The purpose of our investigation was to analyze the persistence, in the State of São Paulo, of domiciliary units highly infested with Chagas disease triatomine vectors. Comprehensive epidemiologic information collected from 1990 to 1999 in the State of S o Paulo was retrieved from database files. Consistently high infestation rates were found in 43 localities distributed among 21 municipalities in the Ara atuba region.

[Chagas' disease in the southern coastal region of Brazil].

Objective: To analyze serological data collected in two different periods, from the late 1960's to 1983, when these data was first added to the available information about vector triatomines found in the state of São Paulo, and from 1984 to 1999, a period when serology was used to describe endemic Chagas' disease in the state.

Methods: Serological surveillance data from schoolchildren (during the late 1960s and between 1973 and 1983), and the general population (between 1980 and 1982) of the municipalities of Cananéia, Iguape and Peruíbe were analyzed together with data collected on the vectors.

Results: Seropositivity among schoolchildren remained low and constant in the period from 1973 to 1982, and was no more detected in 1983.

[The Chagas Disease Control Program of the São Paulo State: the contribution of serology to the epidemiological investigation of triatomine-infested domiciliary units during the 1990s].

The Chagas Disease Control Program in São Paulo State, Brazil, now in the entomological surveillance phase, includes a serological examination of individuals residing in domiciliary units infested with vector triatomines infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. From 1990 to 1999, this action included area in which triatomine searches were conducted either as a routine procedure, according to their levels of intra- or peridomiciliary infestation, or at the request of local residents. Among residents of the 1,415 UDs inspected, we collected 5,587 blood samples for serological examination, 87 of which (1.

Schistosomiasis mansoni in Bananal (State of São Paulo, Brazil): IV. Study on the public awareness of its risks in the Palha District.

A rather high prevalence of mansoni schistosomiasis has been observed in some localities of Bananal, State of São Paulo, during the past decade. The highest prevalence of schistosomiasis was found in the Palha District; it was thus considered adequate for an evaluation of public awareness of the risks involved in acquiring schistosomiasis, a likely outcome of certain behavior patterns. We interviewed 542 district-dwellers.