[Transmission elimination of Chagas' disease by Triatoma infestans in Brazil: an historical fact].
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O Ministério da Saúde do Brasil recebeu no dia 9 de junho de 2006, a Certificação Internacional de Eliminação da Transmissão da Doença de Chagas pelo Triatoma infestans, conferida pela Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde. Tornase importante enfatizar, no entanto, que tal certificação não representa o controle efetivo da doença no Brasil. A certificação representa somente a eliminação (interrupção momentânea) da transmissão da doença especificamente pelo triatomíneo da espécie T. infestans. Diferentemente da erradicação – que representa a interrupção definitiva da transmissão mesmo na ausência de qualquer ação de controle – a eliminação pressupõe a manutenção de alguma ação de controle e vigilância para que a interrupção se mantenha.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
دوره 39 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006