Identification of Risk Areas for Intestinal Schistosomiasis, Based on Malacological and Environmental Data and on Reported Human Cases
The aim of the present study was to use an integrated approach for the identification of risk areas for Schistosoma mansoni transmission in an area of low endemicity in Minas Gerais, Brazil. For that, areas of distribution of Biomphalaria glabrata were identified and were related to environmental va...
Main Authors: | Paulo R. S. Coelho, Fabrício T. O. Ker, Amanda D. Araújo, Ricardo. J. P. S. Guimarães, Deborah A. Negrão-Corrêa, Roberta L. Caldeira, Stefan M. Geiger |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.642348/full |
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