Evolutive pattern of schistosomiasis and life-span of S. mansoni in patients living in non-endemic area in Brazil

Out of 2484 patients harboring S. mansoni seen in Rio de Janeiro, 1197 had been living permanently out of endemic area frorn one to 30 years, without any possibility of reinfection; 90.1% of these 1197 patients were first seen with, hepato-intestinal schistosomiasis and only 9.9% with hepatosplenic...

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Main Authors: J. Rodrigues Coura, Bodo Wanke, Norton de Figueiredo, C.A. Argento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1974-08-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821974000400001