Assessment of schistosomiasis in the semi-arid Northeast region of Brazil: the São Francisco River large-scale water transposition project

Assessment of schistosomiasis in the semi-arid Northeast region of Brazil: the São Francisco River large-scale water transposition project

Abstract: INTRODUCTION Risk of schistosomiasis expansion to semi-arid northeastern Brazil under the influence of the Integration Project of the São Francisco River (IPSFR) was assessed. METHODS: Stool examinations of schoolchildren, epidemiological investigation, and survey of the local host sna...

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Main Authors: Tereza Cristina Favre, Monica Ammon Fernandez, Lilian Christina Nóbrega Holsbach Beck, Ricardo José de Paula Souza Guimarães, Otávio Sarmento Pieri, Silvana Aparecida Carvalho Thiengo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2016-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Integration Project of the São Francisco River
Epidemiological survey
Biomphalaria straminea
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