Parasitological and serological studies on amoebiasis and other intestinal parasitic infections in the rural sector around Recife, Northeast Brazil Estudos sorológicos e parasitológicos na amebíase e em outras infecções parasito-intestinais no setor rural dos arredores de Recife, nordeste do Brasil

Parasitological and serological studies on amoebiasis and other intestinal parasitic infections in the rural sector around Recife, Northeast Brazil Estudos sorológicos e parasitológicos na amebíase e em outras infecções parasito-intestinais no setor rural dos arredores de Recife, nordeste do Brasil

Parasitological examinations were carried out during July to December, 1989, on 485 inhabitants of four villages in São Lourenço da Mata, 25 km northwest of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Approximately 99.6% of the inhabitants were infected with at least one species of intestinal parasites. A high prev...

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Main Authors: José Felipe Gonçalves, Masanobu Tanabe, Francisco de Paula de Melo Medeiros, Fernando José Gonçalves, Ivanize da Silva Aca, Severa Regina Nunes da Motta, Seiki Tateno, Tsutomu Takeuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1990-12-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Parasitic helminths
Parasitic protozoa
Amoebiasis
Entamoeba histolytica
Schistosoma mansoni
Stool examination
Sero-epidemiology
Northeast Brazil
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