Epidemiological and control aspects of schistosomiasis in Brazilian endemic areas
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Epidemiological and control aspects of schistosomiasis in Brazilian endemic areas.
The present work analyzes the epidemiology of schistosomiasis in Brazil, its expansion, the attempts to control the disease, and the overall difficulties. The authors present the distribution of schistosomiasis intermediary hosts in Brazil, the migration routes of the human population, and disease distribution in highly and lowly endemic areas and isolated foci. They also analyze the controllin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0074-0276
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762004000900003