The captures were undertaken by the teams from the Vigilância Ambiental and from the Laboratório de Biologia Parasitária of the Universidade Federal de Lavras (BIOPAR/UFLA), in October 2013. The entomological survey was performed during three consecutive nights for 12h per night (6:00pm to 6:00am). Eight HP light traps were installed being four in a small property equipped with a chicken
American visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a vector-borne disease transmitted by
some species of phlebotomine sandflies from the genus
Lutzomyia. This neglected tropical zoonosis shows
increasing urbanization process, since the end of the 1980s. After the emergence
of foci of the disease in urban areas, VL has assumed an important role in
public health. Although VL is widely prevalent in several parts of the world,
diagnosing the illness is still difficult. We present a case of a 12-year-old
girl with a history of recurrent fever, anorexia, cachexia, chronic fatigue,
weight loss, left palpebral unilateral edema, persistent cough and pancytopenia.
A diagnosis of VL was performed using a reference immunochromatographic rapid
test. Identification of the infecting protozoan was directly obtained by PCR of
bone marrow. The patient responded favorably to treatment using liposomal
amphotericin B. This is the first report of human visceral leishmaniasis in the
city of Lavras in the South of Minas Gerais State. This first report of VL
highlighted the need of maintenance of permanent surveillance and control
programs in the city of Lavras, including the active search of sandflies, human
and canine cases. The current situation of Lavras should also be taken as an
alert to other near cities where favorable eco-epidemiological conditions may
exist.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a health system crisis, deaths and socioeconomic hardship. In order to minimize the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in the municipality of Lavras, a partnership was developed between the Lavras City Hall and the Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA). The present study aimed to describe the main prevention measures proposed in Lavras and to evaluate the community's perception of the management model towards COVID-19. A public online questionnaire, with 20 multiple-choice questions, about the measures to confront covid was submitted to the Google Forms platform from April 22nd to April 30th, 2020. The data regarding the strategies carried out to deal with COVID-19 was obtained from the published municipal ordinances. During the eight days that the questionnaire was applied, a total of 8,874 respondents from Lavras were obtained. Among these respondents, 31.64% (2,808) were men, 68.15% (6,047) were women, and 0.21% (19) declared "another option". When the participants were asked whether they are respecting the social distance measures, 7,452 (84.1%) of them answered "yes."Also, a total of 57.4% of the participants reported that the social distancing measures compromised their family income. However, despite the impact of this economic compromise on these families, 93.82% of the respondents believe that the measures applied are important. When analyzing the questionnaire responses, it was noticeable that despite residents suffering negative economic consequences, there was great popular approval of preventive measures, such as social distancing and the use of masks. In addition, it was possible to notice the population's trust in the measures recommended by professionals at UFLA and the city hall, highlighting the importance of establishing contact between authorities and the population during decision making.
As infecções parasitárias intestinais são amplamente distribuídas em todo o mundo e a populaçãoinfantil é a mais afetada. A prevalência das infecções parasitárias intestinais materna e infantil depacientes atendidos em uma unidade de saúde pública do município de Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraisfoi avaliada pela técnica de centrífugo sedimentação em formol-éter. A positividade foi de 41,7%para gestantes, 37,3% para mães e 35,7% em crianças. Endolimax nana (17,1%) e Giardia intestinalis(17,1%) foram os parasitos mais frequentemente detectados em crianças com idade inferior a doisanos e em gestantes (33,3%). Para as mães, G. intestinalis (20,3%) foi o parasito mais prevalenteseguido de Entamoeba coli (17%). A infecção simultânea de mãe e filho foi detectada em 7 das25 crianças infectadas. Apesar das ações de educação em saúde, melhoria no nível educacional eacesso a serviços médicos, a frequência de infecções por endoparasitas permanece alta. A literaturaé escassa em relação ao tema e acredita-se que a deficiência na aplicação de medidas de educaçãosanitária possa fazer com que mães infectadas possam contribuir para a infecção parasitária deseus filhos, assim como os filhos podem ser fonte de infecção para suas mães.
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