Specific situations related to acute schistosomiasis in Pernambuco, Brazil

The present work reports on two epidemiological episodes resulting in acute schistosomiasis involving wealthy persons living in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. The authors discuss the epidemiological, clinical and serologic characteristics of the acute infections and also the way in which the condi...

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Main Authors: Constança Simões Barbosa, Silvia Maria Lucena Montenegro, Frederico Guilherme Coutinho Abath, Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2001-09-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762001000900026
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author Constança Simões Barbosa
Silvia Maria Lucena Montenegro
Frederico Guilherme Coutinho Abath
Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues
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Silvia Maria Lucena Montenegro
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description The present work reports on two epidemiological episodes resulting in acute schistosomiasis involving wealthy persons living in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. The authors discuss the epidemiological, clinical and serologic characteristics of the acute infections and also the way in which the conditions for transmission occurred.
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spellingShingle Constança Simões Barbosa
Silvia Maria Lucena Montenegro
Frederico Guilherme Coutinho Abath
Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues
Specific situations related to acute schistosomiasis in Pernambuco, Brazil
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
acute schistosomiasis
environmental epidemiology
snail vectors
Pernambuco
Brazil
title Specific situations related to acute schistosomiasis in Pernambuco, Brazil
title_full Specific situations related to acute schistosomiasis in Pernambuco, Brazil
title_fullStr Specific situations related to acute schistosomiasis in Pernambuco, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Specific situations related to acute schistosomiasis in Pernambuco, Brazil
title_short Specific situations related to acute schistosomiasis in Pernambuco, Brazil
title_sort specific situations related to acute schistosomiasis in pernambuco brazil
topic acute schistosomiasis
environmental epidemiology
snail vectors
Pernambuco
Brazil
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