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Bull World Health Organ ; 88(3): 173-84, 2010 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20428384

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: To study dengue vector breeding patterns under a variety of conditions in public and private spaces; to explore the ecological, biological and social (eco-bio-social) factors involved in vector breeding and viral transmission, and to define the main implications for vector control. METHODS: In each of six Asian cities or periurban areas, a team randomly selected urban clusters for conducting standardized household surveys, neighbourhood background surveys and entomological surveys. They collected information on vector breeding sites, people's knowledge, attitudes and practices surrounding dengue, and the characteristics of the study areas. All premises were inspected; larval indices were used to quantify vector breeding sites, and pupal counts were used to identify productive water container types and as a proxy measure for adult vector abundance. FINDINGS: The most productive vector breeding sites were outdoor water containers, particularly if uncovered, beneath shrubbery and unused for at least one week. Peridomestic and intradomestic areas were much more important for pupal production than commercial and public spaces other than schools and religious facilities. A complex but non-significant association was found between water supply and pupal counts, and lack of waste disposal services was associated with higher vector abundance in only one site. Greater knowledge about dengue and its transmission was associated with lower mosquito breeding and production. Vector control measures (mainly larviciding in one site) substantially reduced larval and pupal counts and "pushed" mosquito breeding to alternative containers. CONCLUSION: Vector breeding and the production of adult Aedes aegypti are influenced by a complex interplay of factors. Thus, to achieve effective vector management, a public health response beyond routine larviciding or focal spraying is essential.


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Dengue , Ecossistema , Insetos Vetores , Saúde Suburbana , Saúde da População Urbana , Animais , Ásia , Coleta de Dados , Dengue/transmissão , Reservatórios de Doenças/parasitologia , Controle de Mosquitos
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Am J Trop Med Hyg ; 98(3): 759-762, 2018 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29345220

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is diagnosed mainly by light microscopy of smears made using lesion material. Histopathology is usually done in atypical presentations or when lesion smears are negative. Tissue impression smears (TIS) made from skin biopsy specimens were compared with histopathology for the diagnosis of CL. Out of the 111 patients included, 83 (74.8%) were positive by either methods. The TIS was positive in 70.3% whereas histopathology was positive in 56.8% of patients. Tissue impression smears can be used as a supplementary diagnostic test that gives sensitive and rapid results when tissue biopsies are used as the source of lesion material for diagnosis of CL.


Assuntos
Histocitoquímica/métodos , Leishmania donovani/ultraestrutura , Leishmaniose Cutânea/diagnóstico , Pele/patologia , Biópsia , Humanos , Leishmania donovani/patogenicidade , Leishmaniose Cutânea/parasitologia , Leishmaniose Cutânea/patologia , Microscopia , Pele/parasitologia , Sri Lanka
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Clin Chem ; 52(2): 303-6, 2006 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16339303

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Malaria is one of the most important parasitic infections in humans. A sensitive diagnostic test for malaria that could be applied at the community level could be useful in programs to control the disease. The aim of the present work was to develop a simple, inexpensive molecular test for Plasmodium falciparum. METHODS: Blood was collected from controls (n = 100) and from patients diagnosed with falciparum malaria infection (n = 102), who were recruited to the study. Heat-treated blood samples were tested by a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for P. falciparum. Results were interpreted by a turbidity meter in real time or visually at the end of the assay. To evaluate the assay, DNA from these samples was purified and tested by PCR. Results from the LAMP and PCR assays were compared. RESULTS: The LAMP assay detected P. falciparum directly from heat-treated blood. The quantitative data from the assay correlated to the parasite counts obtained by blood-film microscopic analyses. When we used the PCR assay as the comparison method, the sensitivity and specificity of the LAMP assay were 95% and 99%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Unlike PCR, the LAMP assay does not require purified DNA for efficient DNA amplification, thereby reducing the cost and turnaround time for P. falciparum diagnosis. The assay requires only basic instruments, and assay positivity can be verified by visual inspection.


Assuntos
DNA de Protozoário/sangue , Temperatura Alta , Malária Falciparum/diagnóstico , Plasmodium falciparum/isolamento & purificação , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Manejo de Espécimes/métodos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Calibragem , DNA de Protozoário/genética , Humanos , Malária Falciparum/sangue , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Plasmodium falciparum/genética , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase/economia , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase/métodos , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase/normas , Sensibilidade e Especificidade
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