Schistosomiasis mansoni: follow-up of control program based on parasitologic and serologic methods in a Brazilian community of low endemicity

Schistosomiasis mansoni: follow-up of control program based on parasitologic and serologic methods in a Brazilian community of low endemicity

A field survey on schistosomiais was carried out in 1998, in the municipality of Pedro de Toledo, a low endemic area in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. According to the parasitologic Kato-Katz method, the prevalence rate was 1.6%, with an infection intensity of 40.9 eggs per gram of stool. By the im...

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Main Authors: Lanny Cristina Burlandy-Soares, Luiz Cândido de Souza Dias, Hermínia Yohko Kanamura, Edward José de Oliveira, Ricardo Mario Ciaravolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2003-09-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Schistosoma mansoni
control
low endemic area
seroepidemiology
São Paulo
Brazil
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000600025

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