Schistosoma mansoni in Brazil in 2015: retrieval of deaths and characteristics of patients that evolved to death

Introduction: Schistosomiasis is a disease endemic in Brazil. We analyzed the death records from the Brazilian Mortality Information System with the aim of retrieving deaths due to schistosomiasis and describing the patients that evolved to death in Brazil in the year of 2015. Methods: We evaluated...

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Main Authors: Helio Milani Pegado, Gilmara Lima Nascimento, Maria Regina Fernandes de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2019-11-01
Series:Revista de Medicina da UFC
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufc.br/revistademedicinadaufc/article/view/32987