• Os desafios da geração do conhecimento em saúde ambiental : uma perspectiva ecossistêmica 

  Weihs, Marla; Mertens, Frédéric (Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva (ABRASCO), 2013-05)

  O artigo explora as oportunidades e as limitações da geração de conhecimento no campo da saúde ambiental. Argumenta que a compreensão da complexidade dos fatores que condicionam a saúde humana e dos ecossistemas demanda ...
• Final technical report : a Canadian community of practice in ecosystem approaches to health with a training and awards program for ecohealth research in international and development settings, January 2008 – June 2012 

  Webb, Jena; Saint‐Charles, Johanne; Parkes, Margot; Morrison, Karen; Lemire, Melanie; Woollard, Robert (CoPEH-Canada, 2012-09)

  Researchers and institutions across Canada have identified a need for consolidation and commitment to ensure long‐term development and capacity in the field of Ecohealth. As such, a main activity of the Community of Practice ...
• Final technical report for “Ecohealth Toolkit - Pilot for Teaching Manual”, August 2010 – April 2012 

  McCullagh, Suzanne; Morrison, Karen (Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, 2012-04)

  The Canadian Community of Practice in Ecosystem Approaches to Health (CoPEH-Canada) team has experience teaching Ecohealth which they drew from and developed in the design of the Ecohealth Short Course (2008 – 2011). The ...
• Origins of house reinfestation with Triatoma infestans after insecticide spraying in the Argentine Chaco using wing geometric morphometry 

  Gaspe, M. Sol; Gurevitz, Juan M.; Gürtler, Ricardo E.; Dujardin, Jean-Pierre (Elsevier, 2013-03)

  Identifying the origins of insect vectors collected after community-wide residual insecticide applications is a relevant challenge in the Gran Chaco region where the main vector of Chagas disease Triatoma infe- stans usually ...
• Spatial heterogeneity and risk maps of community infestation by Triatoma infestans in rural Northwestern Argentina 

  Vazquez-Prokopec, Gonzalo M.; Spillmann, Cynthia; Zaidenberg, Mario; Gürtler, Ricardo E.; Kitron, Uriel (Public Library of Science, 2012-08)

  Background: Fifty years of residual insecticide spraying to control Triatoma infestans in the Gran Chaco region of northern Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia shows that vertically coordinated interventions aiming at full ...
• Sylvatic transmission cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi in a rural area in the humid Chaco of Argentina 

  Alvarado-Otegui, Julian; Ceballos, L.A.; Orozco, M.M.; Enriquez, G.F.; Cardinal, M.V. (Elsevier, 2012-06)

  Little is known about the sylvatic transmission cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi in the Gran Chaco ecoregion. We conducted surveys to identify the main sylvatic hosts of T. cruzi, parasite discrete typing units and vector species ...
• Discrete typing units of Trypanosoma cruzi identified in rural dogs and cats in the humid Argentinean Chaco 

  Enriquez, G.F.; Cardinal, M.V.; Orozco, M.M.; Lanati, L.; Schijman, A.G.; Gürtler, R.E. (Cambridge University Press, 2012-10)

  The discrete typing units (DTUs) of Trypanosoma cruzi that infect domestic dogs and cats have rarely been studied.With this purpose we conducted a cross-sectional xenodiagnostic survey of dog and cat populations residing ...
• Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in naturally infected dogs and cats using serological, parasitological and molecular methods 

  Enriquez, G.F.; Cardinal, M.V.; Orozco, M.M.; Schijman, A.G.; Gürtler, R.E. (Elsevier, 2013-03)

  Domestic dogs and cats are major domestic reservoir hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi and a risk factor for parasite transmission. In this study we assessed the relative performance of a polymerase chain reaction assay targeted ...
• New Sylvatic Hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi and their reservoir competence in the humid Chaco of Argentina : a longitudinal study 

  Orozco, M. Marcela; Enriquez, Gustavo F.; Alvarado-Otegui, Julian; Cardinal, M. Victoria; Schijman, Alejandro G.; Kitron, Uriel; Gürtler, Ricardo E. (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013-03)

  A four-year longitudinal study of the structure of sylvatic transmission cycles of Trypanosoma cruzi, reservoir host competence and parasite discrete typing units was conducted in a disturbed rural area of the humid Chaco ...
• Unexpected failures to control Chagas disease vectors with pyrethroid spraying in Northern Argentina 

  Gurevitz, Juan M.; Gaspe, María Sol; Enríquez, Gustavo F.; Vassena, Claudia V.; Alvarado-Otegui, Julian (Entomological Society of America, 2012-08)

  Effectiveness of the elimination efforts against Triatoma infestans (Klug) in South America through residual application of pyrethroid insecticides has been highly variable in the Gran Chaco region. We investigated ...
• Intensified surveillance and insecticide-based control of the Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans in the Argentinean Chaco 

  Gurevitz, Juan M.; Gaspe, María Sol; Enriquez, Gustavo F.; Provecho, Yael M.; Kitron, Uriel; Gürtler, Ricardo E. (Public Library of Science, 2013-04)

  Research results showed that current vector control procedures have limited effectiveness in the Gran Chaco. Selective insecticide sprays must include all sites within the infested house compound. The suppression of T. ...
• Vietnam one health – ecohealth alliance newsletter, issue no. 1, January 2013 

  Hanoi School of Public Health. Center for Public Health and Ecosystem Research (CENPHER) (Center for Public Health and Ecosystem Research (CENPHER), Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, VN, 2013-01)

  The newsletter provides links to activities and events, conferences and collaborative partnerships, that work towards better research and understanding in zoonotic disease prevention. Ecosystem approaches to health, or ...
• Integrating Health, Sustainability and Ecosystems in the Post-2015 Development Agenda 

  Horwitz, Pierre; Morrison, Karen; Parkes, Margot; Patz, Jonathan; Zinsstag, Jakob (2012)

  The International Association for Ecology and Health (IAEH) appreciates the invitation for interested individuals and groups to submit think pieces on the positioning and role of health in the post-2015 agenda, with a ...
• Trans-disciplinary study on the health risks of cryptosporidiosis from dairy systems in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya : study background and farming system characteristics 

  Kang’ethe, Erastus K.; Kimani, Violet N.; McDermott, Brigid; Grace, Delia; Lang’at, Alfred K. (Springer, 2012-08)

  This paper characterises the dairy farming system in Dagoretti, Nairobi. Characterisation was part of a broader ecohealth project to estimate the prevalence and risk of cryptosporidiosis and develop risk mitigation strategies. ...
• Social and gender determinants of risk of cryptosporidiosis, an emerging zoonosis, in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya 

  Kimani, Violet N.; Mitoko, Grace; McDermott, Brigid; Grace, Delia; Ambia, Julie (Springer, 2012-08)

  The aim of the study was to investigate the social and gender determinants of the risk of exposure to Cryptosporidium fromurban dairying in Dagoretti, Nairobi. Focus group discussions were held in six locations to obtain ...
• Prevalence of cryptosporidiosis in dairy cattle, cattle-keeping families, their non-cattle-keeping neighbours and HIV-positive individuals in Dagoretti Division, Nairobi, Kenya 

  Kange’the, Erastus; McDermott, Brigid; Grace, Delia; Mbae, Cecilia; Mulinge, Erastus (Springer, 2012-08)

  This paper reports a study estimating the prevalence of cryptosporidiosis, an emerging zoonosis, in people and cattle in Dagoretti, Nairobi. A repeated cross-sectional survey was carried out among randomly selected cattle ...
• Outcome mapping for fostering and measuring change in risk management behaviour among urban dairy farmers in Nairobi, Kenya 

  Nyangaga, Julius N.; Grace, Delia; Kimani, Violet; Kiragu, Monica W.; Langat, Alfred K. (Springer, 2012-08)

  A study was undertaken to investigate and mitigate the risk from zoonotic Cryptosporidium associated with dairy farming in Dagoretti division, Nairobi, Kenya. Outcome mapping (OM), a relatively new tool for planning and ...
• Multiple burdens of zoonotic disease and an ecohealth approach to their assessment 

  Grace, Delia; Gilbert, Jeff; Randolph, Thomas; Kang’ethe, Erastus (Springer, 2012-08)

  Zoonoses occur at the interface of human and animal disease and partly because their impact and management fall across two sectors they are often neglected. The Global Burden of Disease captures the impact of zoonoses on ...
• Development and delivery of evidence-based messages to reduce the risk of zoonoses in Nairobi, Kenya 

  Kang’ethe, Erastus; Kimani, Violet; Grace, Delia; Mitoko, Grace; McDermott, Brigid (Springer, 2012-08)

  This paper describes a trans-disciplinary process of co-generating and disseminating evidence-based messages for reducing the risk from cryptosporidiosis and other zoonoses in an urban community in Nairobi. Research findings ...
• Evaluating a group-based intervention to improve the safety of meat in Bodija Market, Ibadan, Nigeria 

  Grace, Delia; Dipeolu, Morenike; Olawoye, Janice; Ojo, Ernest; Odebode, Stella (Springer, 2012-08)

  We evaluated a group-based, participatory training intervention to improve food safety among meat processors and retailers in Bodija Market, Ibadan, Nigeria. An interactive training workshop was held for Butchers Associations’ ...

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