Influence of specific treatment on the morbidity of schistosomiasis mansoni in an endemic area of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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97(5): 755-757, July 2002. mapas, tab
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RESUMO
The authors describe the evolution of schistosomiasis mansoni in inhabitants of Capitäo Andrade, Minas Gerais, Brazil, from 1973 to 1994. The prevalence of infection was 60.8 percent in 1973, 36.2 percent in 1984, and 27.3 percent in 1994. The evolution of the clinical forms of the disease in this group was as follows unchanged in 76.7 percent, clinical progression in 8.4 percent and clinical regression in 14.9 percent. The reduction of the prevalence and severity of Schistosoma mansoni infection over the 21 years period, can be attributed to treatment of infected subjects performed in the area and to the installation of piped water in their dwellings
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Main subject:
Oxamniquine
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Schistosomicides
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Schistosomiasis mansoni
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Fiocruz/BR
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UFRJ/BR
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