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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2016-04-01
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Series: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822016000200252&lng=en&tlng=en |
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