Reliability of current estimates of schistosomiasis prevalence in the Rainforest Zone of the state of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil

Reliability of current estimates of schistosomiasis prevalence in the Rainforest Zone of the state of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil

The Program for Schistosomiasis Control within the Unified Health System (PCE-SUS) was implemented by 1999 in the Rainforest Zone or "Zona da Mata" of Pernambuco (ZMP) aiming to carry out biennial stool surveys of whole populations through municipal health organs followed by treatment of t...

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Main Authors: Tereza C Favre, Ricardo AA Ximenes, Aline F Galvão, Ana Paula B Pereira, Tereza N Wanderlei, Constança S Barbosa, Otávio S Pieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2006-10-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
schistosomiasis
soil-transmitted helminthes
prevalence
Pernambuco
Brazil
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