Author | Coura, José Rodrigues | |
Author | Junqueira, Angela Cristina Verissimo | |
Author | Bóia, Márcio Neves | |
Author | Fernandes, Octavio | |
Access date | 2020-06-04T16:32:08Z | |
Available date | 2020-06-04T16:32:08Z | |
Document date | 1999 | |
Citation | COURA, José Rodrigues et al. Chagas Disease: from Bush to Huts and Houses. Is the case of Brazilian Amazon? Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 94, n. 1, p. 379-384, Sept. 1999. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0074-0276 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/41530 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Trypanosma cruzi | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Doença de Chagas | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Soroprevalência | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Amazônia brasileira | pt_BR |
Title | Chagas Disease: from Bush to Huts and Houses. Is it the Case of the Brazilian Amazon? | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1590/S0074-02761999000700074 | pt_BR |
Abstract | Two of the major problems facing the Amazon – human migration from the other areas and uncontrolled
deforestation – constitute the greatest risk for the establishment of endemic Chagas disease in
this part of Brazil.
At least 18 species of triatomines had been found in the Brazilian Amazon, 10 of them infected with
Trypanosoma cruzi, associated with numerous wild reservoirs. With wide-range deforestation, wild animals
will perforce be driven into other areas, with tendency for triatomines to become adapted to alternative
food sources in peri and intradomicilies.
Serological surveys and cross-sectional studies for Chagas disease, carried out in rural areas of the
Rio Negro, in the Brazilian Amazon, showed a high level of seropositivity for T. cruzi antibodies. A
strong correlation of seroreactivity with the contact of gatherers of piaçava fibers with wild triatomines
could be evidenced. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Medicina Tropical. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Medicina Tropical. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Clínica Médica. Disciplina de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Departamento de Patologia e Laboratórios. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Trypanosoma cruzi | pt_BR |
Subject | Chagas Disease | pt_BR |
Subject | Seroprevalence | pt_BR |
Subject | Brazilian Amazon | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1678-8060 | |