Specific situations related to acute schistosomiasis in Pernambuco, Brazil


Autoria(s): Barbosa,Constança Simões; Montenegro,Silvia Maria Lucena; Abath,Frederico Guilherme Coutinho; Domingues,Ana Lúcia Coutinho
Data(s)

01/09/2001

Resumo

The present work reports on two epidemiological episodes resulting in acute schistosomiasis involving wealthy persons living in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. The authors discuss the epidemiological, clinical and serologic characteristics of the acute infections and also the way in which the conditions for transmission occurred.

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Identificador

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762001000900026

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde

Fonte

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz v.96 suppl.0 2001

Palavras-Chave #acute schistosomiasis #environmental epidemiology #snail vectors #Pernambuco #Brazil
Tipo

journal article