Author | Piesman, Joseph | |
Author | Sherlock, Ítalo Rodrigues de Araújo | |
Access date | 2016-03-30T18:19:41Z | |
Available date | 2016-03-30T18:19:41Z | |
Document date | 1984 | |
Citation | PIESMAN, J.; SHERLOCK, I. A. Sensitivity of Gomez-Nunez boxes for the detection of Household infestation with Panstrongylus Megistus. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical , v. 17, n. 1, p. 17-20, 1984. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0037-8682 | |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/13409 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Title | Sensitivity of Gomez-Nunez boxes for the detection of Household infestation with Panstrongylus Megistus | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
Abstract | Four methods fo r detecting household infestations with Panstrongylus megistus
were compared: 1) manual collection; 2) collection afterpyrethrum application; 3) search
viable eggs; and 4) Gomez-Nuhez boxes. Manual collection was the most sensitive method
(23% infested), followed by pyrethrum (21%), Gomez-Nuhez boxes (15%) and viable
eggs (12%). About 10% o f infested houses were positive exclusively on the Gomez-Nunez
box test. Moreover, 6 o u to fth e 7 houses positive exclusively on the Gomez-Nunez method
were located in a recently sprayed area, where P. megistus density was low. Inspection o f
Gomez-Nunez boxes at 12 weekspost-application was twice as effective as inspection at 6
weekspost-application. Triatomine feces was the most common evidencefor thepresence o f
P. megistus fo u n d within Gomez-Nunez boxes. Gomez-Nunez boxes area a useful adjunct
to manual collection in detecting domestic infestations with P. megistus, especially in
areas where bug densities are low. However, the utility o f Gomez-Nuhez boxes must be
weighed against the time and labor they require. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, USA | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, Ba, Brasil | pt_BR |
Subject | Triatomines | pt_BR |
Subject | Chagas’ disease | pt_BR |
Subject | Panstrongylus megistus | pt_BR |
Subject | Gomez-Nunez | pt_BR |