Schistosomiasis mansoni in Bananal (State of São Paulo, Brazil): I. Efficiency of diagnostic and treatment procedures

Schistosomiasis mansoni in Bananal (State of São Paulo, Brazil): I. Efficiency of diagnostic and treatment procedures

Bananal is an important focus of Schistosoma mansoni in the State of São Paulo. Accordingly, programmed active search for human cases, annual coproscopic surveys and treatment of infected cases were started in 1998, aiming at producing a sharp prevalence rate drop by the year 2000. S. mansoni eggs w...

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Main Authors: Horacio Manuel Santana Teles, Maria Esther de Carvalho, Cláudio Santos Ferreira, Fabiana Zacharias, Valquíria Rosa de Lima, Maria Lucia Condino Fadel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2002-10-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
schistosomiasis
control
diagnosis
treatment
resistance
São Paulo
Brazil
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