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| Medeiros,Jansen Fernandes; Py-Daniel,Victor; Barbosa,Ulysses Carvalho; Farias,Emanuelle de Souza. |
| The Mansonella ozzardi has a widespread distribution among the indigenous and riverine communities of Amazonas, Brazil. We estimated the prevalence of Mansonella ozzardi in indigenous communities of the Pauini municipality, Amazonas state, Brazil and the rate of parasitic infection in vectors. We collected thick blood smears from individuals from six Apurinã indigenous communities along the Purus River and its tributaries. Collections of simuliids were made and dissected, and the larval instars of M. ozzardi identified. The overall prevalence of M. ozzardi was 28.40%, with the highest incidence among males and agricultural workers. Among age groups, children 2-9 years of age had the lowest incidence, while individuals older than 58 exhibited the highest... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Mansonella ozzardi; Mansonelliasis; Simuliidae; Amazonas; Brazil. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672007000200010 |
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| Pessoa,Felipe Arley Costa; Barbosa,Ulysses Carvalho; Medeiros,Jansen Fernandes. |
| A new species of the genus Cerqueirellum Py-Daniel, 1983 (Diptera: Simuliidae) is described. The adults are similar to the species C. oyapockense (Floch & Abonnenc, 1946) and C. roraimense (Nunes de Mello, 1974), of which the females are similar, and the males present discrete differences. The main differences of this new species to others of the genus Cerqueirellum are the integument of the larva recovered from stout spines and long cephalic trichomes in the pupa. Some females were infected with Mansonella ozzardii (Manson, 1897) (Nematoda, Onchocercidae) and probably transmit mansonelliasis in the Ituxi river, state of Amazonas, Brazil. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Amazônia; Cerqueirellum; Mansonella ozzardi; Simuliidae; Taxonomy. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672008000300022 |
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| Chagas,Andrezza Campos; Medeiros,Jansen Fernandes; Justiniano,Sílvia Cássia Brandão; Pessoa,Felipe Arley Costa. |
| The sand fly Lutzomyia cruzi is considered as one of vectors of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil. This work examined optimum feeding age, feeding time, host preference, fecundity rates, and female blood meal volume taken by single females from a closed colony of L. cruzi. Mean feeding time was longer on hamsters, 6.6 minutes, than on humans, 5.7 minutes. 49.1% of the 48h-old flies fed on humans and 43.3% of 72h-old flies fed on hamsters. Of a total of 120 females, 61% fed on humans and 25% fed on hamsters. Total fecundity was significantly higher in females fed on hamster than on human or opossum. Laboratory-reared L. cruzi females fed earlier, more promptly, and preferably on humans than on hamsters when offered these blood-meal sources simultaneously.... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Lutzomyia cruzi; Vector of visceral leishmaniasis; Fecundity; Blood meal volume. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672007000100016 |
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