Control of schistosomiasis mansoni in ravena (Sabará, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil) through Water supply and quadrennial treatments
In this study, the results obtained in a control programme of schistosomiasis in Ravena (Sabará, Minas Gerais) between 1980 and 1992 are evaluated. Control measures used in this programme were: specific treatment of the people infected with Schistosoma mansoni at four year-intervals (1980/84/88) and the supply of tap water to 90% of the residences in 1980. A significant reduction of the prevalence (36.7% to 11.5%, p < 0.05) and of the intensity of the infection (228.9 eggs per gram of feces (epg), s = 3.7 to 60.3 epg, s = 3.5, p < 0.05) was observed. No cases of the severe form of the di... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 1996 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol 91, Iss 6, Pp 659-664 (1996) |
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
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Schlagwörter: | epidemiology of schistosomiasis / control / measures: sanitation and treatments / Brazil / Microbiology / QR1-502 / Infectious and parasitic diseases / RC109-216 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26862112 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02761996000600001 |