Parasites in stool samples in the environment of Ilha da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: an approach in public health

This research aimed to describe the frequency of parasites in stool samples in the environment of Ilha da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. One hundred and five stool samples were collected and processed by the coproparasitological techniques ethyl acetate sedimentation and centrifuge-flotation usi...

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Main Authors: Beatriz Coronato, Otilio Machado Pereira Bastos, Rosemere Duarte, Antonio Nascimento Duarte, Valmir Laurentino-Silva, Marcos Barbosa de Souza, Claudia Maria Antunes Uchôa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2012-04-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652012000200002&lng=en&tlng=en