Urban schistosomiasis: Morbidity, sociodemographic characteristics and water contact patterns predictive of infection

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1292-1300

  Firmo, Josélia O A ^a   Lima E Costa, Maria Fernanda ^a,b   Guerra, Henrique L ^a   Rocha, Roberto S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Urban schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPLENOMEGALY; SWIMMING; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AMERICAS; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH; LATIN AMERICA; MEASUREMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES; PARASITIC DISEASES; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SANITATION; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; SOUTH AMERICA; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRICHURIS; URBAN POPULATION; WATER;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY STUDY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLICY NEED; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URBAN HEALTH; WATER-BORNE DISEASE; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

BRAZIL, MINAS GERAIS STATE;

EID: 0030391045     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.6.1292     Document Type: Article

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