Environmental intervention as a tool for control of schistosomiasis: suggestions from a field study in Northeast Brazil
The present survey from the State of Alagoas (Brazil) emphasized, once again, the importance of peridomestic or neighbourhood foci in the transmission of schistosomiasis mansoni. Although the study area consisted of a compact and densely populated urban community (Bairro Frio, União dos Palmares cou...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
1994-01-01
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| Series: | Cadernos de Saúde Pública |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1994000800011 |