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J Health Popul Nutr ; 2008 Jun; 26(2): 125-38
Artigo em Inglês | IMSEAR | ID: sea-597

RESUMO

In developing countries, it has been observed that drinking-water frequently becomes recontaminated following its collection and during storage in the home. This paper proposes a semi-quantified 'disease risk index' (DRI) designed to identify communities or households that are 'most at risk' from consuming recontaminated drinking-water. A brief review of appropriate physical and educational intervention measures is presented, and their effective use is discussed. It is concluded that incorporating a simple appraisal tool, such as the proposed DRI, into a community water-supply programme would be useful in shaping the overall strategy requiring only a minimum of organizational learning.


Assuntos
Países em Desenvolvimento , Habitação , Humanos , Higiene , Saúde Pública , Controle de Qualidade , Medição de Risco , População Rural , Poluentes da Água/análise , Abastecimento de Água/normas
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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 87(supl.3): 91-4, 1992. tab, ilus
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-121081

RESUMO

We identified a gametocyte-specific protein of Plasmodium falciparum called Pf11-1 and provide experimental evidence that this molecule is involved in the emergence of gametes of the infected erythrocyte (gametogenesis). A mutant parasite clone, which has deleted over 90% of the PF11-1 gene locus, was an important control to establish the gametocyte-specific expression of the Pf11-1. Molecular analysis of the Pf11-1 deletion indicates that it is presumably due a chromosome breakage with subsequent "healing" by the addition of telomeric heptanucleotides. Moreover, similar DNA rearrangements are observed in most of the laboratory isolates during asexual propagation in vitro


Assuntos
Deleção Cromossômica , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidade , Plasmodium falciparum/ultraestrutura
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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 87(supl.3): 169-73, 1992.
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-121096

RESUMO

Malaria transmission-blocking immunity has been studied in natural malaria infections in man, during infections in animals and following artificial immunization of animals with sexual stage malaria parasites. Effective immunity, which prevents infectivity of a malarial infection to mosquitoes, has been observed under all of these circumstances. Two general types of effector mechanism have been identified. One is an antibody mediated mechanism which acts against the extracellular sexual stages of the parasite within the midgut of a blood feeding mosquito. The other is a cytokine mediated mechanism which inactivates the gametocytes of the parasites while in the circulation of the vertebrate host. Both effects have been observed during natural infections and following artificial immunization. The basis of induction of transmission-blocking immunity, including the nature of the memory for such immunity, however, may be very different in different host/parasite systems and during natural infection of following artificial immunization. Following artificial immunization a strong immune memory for transmission blocking immunity has been observed in animal systems. By contrast, following natural infections in man immune memory for transmission blocking immunity has been found to be weak and short lived if it occurs at all. It is suggested that the immunogens which induce natural transmission blocking immunity may be CD4+ independent


Assuntos
Imunização , Memória Imunológica , Malária/transmissão , Malária/imunologia
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