Dados estatísticos de viscerotomia sobre doenças e condições mórbidas do homem no Brasil: I. Schistosomose Mansônica no período de 1937-1946 The distribution of certain diseases in Brazil as indicated by data obtained through viscerotom: I. The incidence of schistosoma mansoni lesions in material collected from 1937 to 1946

<abstract language="eng">Examination of 267.107 liver specimens obtained in Brazil by viscerotomy during from 1937 to 1946 inclusive revealed 5,953 Schistosoma mansoni infe¬ctions. This represents 2.23% ± 0.019 of the total number of livers studied. Data on the incidence of the disea...

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Main Author: Madureira Pará
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1949-12-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761949000200007