Questionnaires in the screening for Schistosoma mansoni infection: A study of socio demographic and water contact variables in four communities in Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-99

  Lima E Costa, Maria Fernanda F ^a,b   Rocha, Roberto S ^a   Firmo, Josélia O A ^a   Guerra, Henrique L ^a   Passos, Valéria A ^a   Katz, Naftale ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Schistosomiasis; Screening; Validity

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0032009867     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651998000200005     Document Type: Article

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