A municipal level approach to the management of schistosomiasis control in Peri-Peri, MG, Brazil Avaliação de um programa municipalizado de controle da esquistossomose em Peri-Peri, MG -Brasil
A schistosomiasis control program was implemented between 1974/87 in Peri-Peri,. MG (622 inhabitants). Molluscicide (niclosamide) was applied at three monthly intervals in water sources with Biomphalaria glabrata, and individuals eliminating Schistosoma mansoni eggs in the feces were treated annuall...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
1992-12-01
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| 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=S0036-46651992000600008 |