Insalubrious touristic environments and schistosomiasis transmission in Pernambuco, Brazil

This study sought to identify and spatialize the risk of transmission of Manson’s schistosomiasis at localities in Pernambuco, Brazil that are used for tourist leisure activities and have freshwater environments that are inhabited by the snail that transmits this disease. In order to accomplish this...

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Main Authors: Constança Simões Barbosa, Elainne Christine de Souza Gomes, Rodrigo Moraes Loyo, Mariana Izabel Sena Barreto de Melo Cavalcanti, Iris Edná Pereira Silva, Andréa Sobral de Almeida, Reinaldo Souza-Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (IPABHi) 2018-07-01
Series:Revista Ambiente & Água
Subjects:
GIS
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-993X2018000300305&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en