scholarly journals Inventário da fauna de Hymenoptera parasitóides coletados com redes de varredura em um fragmento da Serra da Babilônia, no sudoeste do estado de Minas Gerais.

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-216
Author(s):  
Diego Galvão Pádua ◽  
Sônia Lúcia Modesto Zampieron
Keyword(s):  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Ecological Relationships ◽  
First Case ◽  
Family Level ◽  
Southwestern State

Os himenópteros parasitóides representam o grupo mais rico em espécies dentro da ordem. Este estudo teve por objetivo inventariar a fauna de himenópteros parasitóides, em nível de família, num fragmento da Serra da Babilônia, no sudoeste mineiro, através de redes de varredura, no período de Setembro de 2009 a outubro de 2010. Foram coletados um total de 445 exemplares de himenópteros parasitóides, distribuídos em 20 famílias, contidas em sete superfamílias. Em termos de superfamílias, 55% eram Chalcidoidea (12 famílias/247 exemplares); 23% Ichneumonoidea (duas famílias/104 exemplares); 14% Platygastroidea (duas famílias/64 exemplares); 3% Proctrotrupoidea (uma família/14 exemplares); 2% Ceraphronoidea (uma família/sete exemplares); 2% Cynipoidea (uma família/ sete exemplares); 1% Chrysidoidea (uma família/ duas exemplares. As superfamílias Chalcidoidea e Ichneumonoidea foram as mais representativas, havendo uma significativa supremacia numérica no primeiro caso: doze famílias ao todo. Destas, duas se sobressaírem em número de exemplares: Eulophidae e Pteromalidae, ambas contendo um grande número de espécies descritas, com hábitos e habitats bastante diversificados e com grande variedade de hospedeiros o que, certamente, pode explicar o grande número de indivíduos coletados. Quanto ao segundo caso, o destaque ficou com a família Braconidae, cujo número de representantes encontrados foi significativamente maior do que a segunda família do grupo. O estudo revelou que a região amostrada ainda se encontra bastante preservada, principalmente no que tange à diversidade de himenópteros parasitóides presente. Isto garante a manutenção das relações ecológicas e o fortalecimento das cadeias, e fornece os sustentáculos para que o equilíbrio ambiental não se desfaça. Inventory of the Fauna of Hymenoptera Parasitoids Collected with Sweep Nets in a Fragment of the Serra da Babilônia, in the Southwestern State of Minas Gerais Abstract. The hymenopterans parasitoids represent the richest group in species within this order. This study aimed to inventory the fauna of hymenopterans parasitoids, in family level, in a fragment of Serra da Babilônia (Southwest of Minas Gerais), through sweep nets, in a period of September 2009 to October 2010. Were collected a totality of 445 specimens of hymenopterans parasitoids, distributed in 20 families, contained in seven superfamilies. In terms of superfamily, 55% were Chalcidoidea (12 families/247 specimens); 23% Ichneumonoidea (two families/104 specimens); 14% Platygastroidea (two families/64 specimens); 3% Proctrotrupoidea (one families/14 specimens); 2% Ceraphronoidea (one families/seven specimens); 2% Cynipoidea (one families/seven specimens); 1% Chrysidoidea (one families/two specimens). The superfamilies Chalcidoidea and Ichneumonoidea were the most representative, with a significant numerical supremacy in the first case: twelve families in all. These, two excelled in number of specimens: Eulophidae and Pteromalidae, both containing a large number of described species, with habits and habitats very diversified and with large variety of host that certainly can explain the large number of specimens collected. About the second case, the highlight was family Braconidae, that the number of representatives found was significantly higher than the second family of the group. The study realized that the sampled region still is very preserved, mainly in regard to the diversity of hymenopterans parasitoids present. This ensures the maintenance of ecological relationships and the strengthening of chains, and provides the underpinnings for the environmental equilibrium will not come apart.

scholarly journals Observations on the dipteran fauna in a focus of dermal leishmaniasis in the State of Minas Gerais: II. The distribution of families in relation to their medical, veterinary and economic importance

1983 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-134
Author(s):  
Paul Williams ◽  
Carlos B. Marcondes ◽  
Alberto R. Falcão
Keyword(s):  
Light Trap ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
Sand Flies ◽  
Cultivated Land ◽  
Light Traps ◽  
Ecological Changes ◽  
Family Level ◽  
The Impact

Miniature light traps used to collect Phlebotominae in a focus of dermal leishmaniasis in the eastern part of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Over a period of seven months, the other Diptera captured in 179 light trap samples were identified to family level. The traps were placed in eight localities which constituted three different biotopes: three woodland aresas, cultivated land, and a peridomestic site. A comparison is made between the totals of Dipeterans collected in each biotope, the total numbers of families collected in each biotope and the estimated indices of diversity. Dendograms representing the degrees of association between families of Diptera in different biotopes are presented. Some families of Diptera are uniformly distributed throughout the study area; a few families seem to have become adapted to areas where human activity has induced the greatest ecological changes. The impact between Dipterans and human well-being is discussed. The availabel evidence indicates that transmission of dermal leishmaniasis does not occur in areas where sand flies can be captured in greatest densities.

scholarly journals Percepções de estudantes de medicina e profissionais de saúde sobre a capacitação de equipes da atenção primária à saúde no enfrentamento da epidemia da COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-236
Author(s):  
Alisson Oliveira dos Santos ◽  
Priscila Cristian Do Amaral ◽  
Bruno Fernandes de Moura Pires ◽  
Gustavo Machado Rocha ◽  
Hygor Kleber Cabral Silva
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Public University ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
First Case ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
De Medicina

Em fevereiro de 2020, o Brasil registrava o seu primeiro caso confirmado de COVID-19 e, em março, no município de Divinópolis, confirmava-se o primeiro em Minas Gerais. Sendo a Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS) a porta de entrada do sistema de saúde, torna-se o principal local de atendimento aos pacientes com sintomas respiratórios. Diante disso, criou-se um projeto de extensão, composto por professores e alunos do curso de Medicina, a fim de atuar no enfrentamento a pandemia. Estudantes capacitados, sob supervisão docente, realizaram treinamentos das equipes da APS do município, utilizando-se de simulações de casos realísticos. Ao final da etapa de capacitação das unidades de saúde, todas as equipes do município foram assistidas.  Por seu turno, a percepção dos estudantes e profissionais sobre a vivência durante o processo foi de uma significativa contribuição à comunidade e ao serviço de saúde, além de ter impactado de forma relevante na formação dos discentes participantes, reforçando o sentimento de responsabilidade social. Palavras-chave: Aprendizagem baseada em problemas; Educação médica; Capacitação em serviço; Extensão comunitária   Perceptions of medicine students and healthcare professionals about primary health professionals' training to cope with the COVID-19 epidemic Abstract: : In Brazil, the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in February 2020, and Minas Gerais state, in March 2020, precisely in the municipality of Divinópolis. Primary Health Care (PHC) is the gateway to the health system, making it the most likely way to seek outpatients with respiratory symptoms. Thus, an extension project coordinated by professors, with the participation of students from the medical course, from a public university in MG, was created to contribute to facing the pandemic at the loco-regional level. Qualified students were divided into groups guided by one of the teachers, and within the PHC units in the municipality, they trained the teams, using the methodology of realistic case simulations. At the end of the health units training phase, all the teams in the municipality were assisted. In turn, the perception of students and professionals about the experience during the process was a significant contribution to the community and the health service, in addition to having a significant impact on the training of participating students, reinforcing the feeling of social responsibility. Keywords Problem-Based Learning; Medical Education; Service Learning; Community Extension

scholarly journals Ticks on birds from Cerrado forest patches along the Uberabinha river in the Triângulo Mineiro region of Minas Gerais, Brazil

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
pp. 1852-1857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khelma Torga ◽  
Graziela Tolesano-Pascoli ◽  
Jacqueline Bonfim Vasquez ◽  
Eurípedes Luciano da Silva Júnior ◽  
Marcelo Bahia Labruna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tick Species ◽  
Tick Infestation ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Forest Fragments ◽  
Forest Patches ◽  
Mean Intensity ◽  
Ecological Relationships ◽  
Brazilian Savannah ◽  
The Mean

We herein describe ticks parasitizing birds in forest fragments along the Uberabinha River, a major watercourse that cuts through patches of remnants of Brazilian savannah in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Overall 352 birds from 62 species, overwhelmingly, Passeriformes, were captured with mist-nets. The most abundant bird species was Basileuterus hypoleucus (n=36), followed by Lanio penicillata (n=24) and Thalurania furcata (n=23). Thirty one birds, all Passeriformes, were found infested with 56 ticks from which 12 were larvae and 44 nymphs, all from the Amblyomma genus. Highest infestation prevalence was found on Taraba major (66.6%), Thamnophilus pelzeni (60%) and Saltator maximus (50%). The mean intensity of tick infestation was low (1.8 tick per infested bird) with most of the parasites located on the neck (60%) of birds, followed by the head (20%). All larvae were attached to the skin around the eyes of birds. Amblyomma nodosum was the most numerous tick species found attached to birds (n=23 nymphs, 52.3% of nymphs) followed by Amblyomma longirostre (n=5, 11.4% of nymphs). Ecological relationships are discussed.

First Case Report of Mange in Molossus molossus (Chiroptera: Molossidae) Caused by Notoedres (Notoedres) yunkeri (Sarcoptiformes: Sarcoptidae) in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Bassini-Silva ◽  
Matheus Huang-Bastos ◽  
Érica Munhoz de Mello ◽  
Barry M Oconnor ◽  
Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
First Case ◽  
The Family ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Molossus Molossus

Abstract There are many records of the family Sarcoptidae in bats. The species Notoedres (Notoedres) yunkeri has been reported only once, parasitizing a molossid bat in Panama. In the present study, we expand the occurrence of the species to Brazil.

scholarly journals THE CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE CERTIFICATION OF COFFEE FARMS: A CASE STUDY IN THE SOUTH OF MINAS GERAIS

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 539
Author(s):  
Jean Marcel Sousa Lira ◽  
Claúdio Vieira Castro ◽  
Eduardo Gomes Salgado ◽  
Luiz Alberto Beijo
Keyword(s):  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Certification Program ◽  
The South ◽  
Continual Improvement ◽  
First Case ◽  
Coffee Farm ◽  
Over Time

<p>The certification of agricultural products is considered a strategy that promotes sustainability and appreciation of product. In coffee production, the <em>Certifica Minas Café</em> is the only public coffee certification program in Brazil. However, over the years, many coffee farms that have this certification reduce their competence to meet the requirements, stabilizing at minimum levels of compliance, which allows maintaining the certificates, but does not promote continual improvement. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of <em>Certifica Minas</em> <em>Café</em> certification on the improvement of sustainability over time on coffee farms. For this, a case study with two properties in the south of the state of Minas Gerais was carried out, in which one of them quest to achieve continuous improvement, while the other did not. On the coffee farm of the first case was observed a reduction in investment and low concern to maintain the requirements established by the certification, while the coffee farm of the second case reduced the number of requirements requested by the certification program over time. Lastly, this paper hypothesizes that improvement of sustainability depends on understanding the benefits of certification in the long term and is related to a behaviour change by the certified farm.<strong></strong></p>

scholarly journals The ongoing COVID-19 epidemic in Minas Gerais, Brazil: insights from epidemiological data and SARS-CoV-2 whole genome sequencing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joilson Xavier ◽  
Marta Giovanetti ◽  
Talita Adelino ◽  
Vagner Fonseca ◽  
Alana Vitor Barbosa da Costa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Reproductive Number ◽  
Viral Pathogens ◽  
Transmission Potential ◽  
First Case ◽  
Recent Emergence ◽  
Rapid Dissemination ◽  
Genome Analyses ◽  
Near Future

AbstractThe recent emergence of a previously unknown coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), first confirmed in the city of Wuhan in China in December 2019, has caused serious public health and economic issues due to its rapid dissemination worldwide. Although 61,888 confirmed cases had been reported in Brazil by 28 April 2020, little was known about the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in the country. To better understand the recent epidemic in the second most populous state in southeast Brazil (Minas Gerais, MG), we looked at existing epidemiological data from 3 states and sequenced 40 complete genomes from MG cases using Nanopore. We found evidence of multiple independent introductions from outside MG, both from genome analyses and the overly dispersed distribution of reported cases and deaths. Epidemiological estimates of the reproductive number using different data sources and theoretical assumptions all suggest a reduction in transmission potential since the first reported case, but potential for sustained transmission in the near future. The estimated date of introduction in Brazil was consistent with epidemiological data from the first case of a returning-traveler from Lombardy, Italy. These findings highlight the unique reality of MG’s epidemic and reinforce the need for real-time and continued genomic surveillance strategies as a way of understanding and therefore preparing against the epidemic spread of emerging viral pathogens.

scholarly journals Vancomycin-resistant van a phenotype Enterococcus faecalis: first case in Minas Gerais state and epidemiological considerations

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosineide Marques Ribas ◽  
Ana Lúcia da Costa Darini ◽  
Tomaz Aquino Moreira ◽  
Claudete Freitas ◽  
Paulo P. Gontijo Filho
Keyword(s):  
Enterococcus Faecalis ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
First Case ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant

scholarly journals Autochthonous infection of buffaloes and cattle by Fasciola hepatica in Minas Gerais, Brazil

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 413-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Massote Dracz ◽  
Walter dos Santos Lima
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Experimental Infection ◽  
Post Infection ◽  
Bile Ducts ◽  
Fasciola Hepatica ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Digenetic Trematode ◽  
First Case ◽  
Stool Samples ◽  
Vertebrate Hosts

Fasciola hepatica is a digenetic trematode that parasitizes the bile ducts of different species of vertebrate hosts. In Brazil, this parasitosis is expanding and occurrences have been reported in the southern, southeastern, central-western and northeastern regions. This study aimed to report the first case of naturally infection of buffaloes by this parasite in the state of Minas Gerais. A total of 250 stool samples, 176 from cattle and 74 from buffaloes, from the districts of São José da Lapa and Pedro Leopoldo, were examined. Also, 402 snails of the genus Lymnaea were collected on the same farms and the viability of the eggs from naturally infected buffaloes and cattle and the susceptibility of the snails to infection were tested. A total of 54 animals were found to be positive, 33 cattle (18.75%) and 21 buffaloes (28.37%), and two molluscs showed immature forms of F. hepatica. In experimental infection of specimens of Lymnaea, cercariae were obtained through spontaneous elimination from the 57th day post-infection onwards. The importance of this first case report can be emphasized because it confirms that this parasite is being dispersed in municipalities in this state that had previously been considered to be unaffected.

Disuguaglianze a livello individuale e a livello di contesto: significati e indicazioni per l'uso

2009 ◽  
pp. 90-104
Author(s):  
Cesare Cislaghi
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Economic Indicator ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
First Case ◽  
Family Level ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Contextual Indicators ◽  
Italian National Institute

- Drugs consumption, both paid by the Health Service and bought by users themselves, is analysed on the basis of population's available assets using data from the 2005 National Survey on Population's Health held by the Italian National Institute of Statistics. Results show differences if the economic indicator is at family level or regional level: in the first case, more disadvantaged people's consumptions are higher; in the second case, people living in richer regions use more drugs. These data however change also according to consumers' age. The hypothetic explanation is that at individual level the economic indicator is very much connected to health conditions, while at regional level there can be a wider economic possibility to buy drugs autonomously. The conclusion a methodological one emphasizes the need to study similar situations through stratified analyses. Keywords: equity, contextual indicators, individual indicators, analysis methods, drugs consumption, epidemiology. Parole chiave: equitÀ, indicatori di contesto, indicatori individuali, metodi di analisi, consumo di farmaci, epidemiologia.

Ecological relationships between lianas and trees in lowland rain forest in Sabah, East Malaysia

1993 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. F. Campbell ◽  
D. McC. Newbery
Keyword(s):  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Lowland Rain Forest ◽  
Dipterocarp Forest ◽  
Ecological Relationships ◽  
East Malaysia ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Level ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Individual Trees

ABSTRACTNumbers of lianas ≥2 cm gbh were recorded on trees ≥30 cm gbh in two 4 ha plots of dipterocarp forest. Associations between lianas and trees of the 12 commonest families and 16 commonest species were analysed. Liana density was 882 ha-1. Fifty-seven per cent of trees supported lianas and the mean number lianas per tree was 2.1. Lianas were highly aggregated on individual trees in most families; numbers of lianas per tree followed the negative binomial distribution for the Dipterocarpaceae but not Euphorbiaceae. Dipterocarpaceae and Euphorbiaceae differed in susceptibility, with 41 and 64% of their trees respectively supporting lianas. The proportions of trees with lianas (i.e. % trees laden) were correlated between plots at the species, but not the family, level. They were not related to tree girth; differences in proportions between families and species were maintained for trees in the 30–40 cm gbh class. At the species level, proportions of trees with lianas and the mean number of lianas per tree were significantly inversely correlated with mean branch-free bole height of trees in the 30–40 cm gbh class. Increased branch-free bole height and associated branch shedding may therefore decrease the susceptibility of trees to lianas and explain the lower susceptibility in the Dipterocarpaceae than the Euphorbiaceae.

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