Exposure to Schistosoma mansoni infection in a rural area of Brazil. I: Water contact

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 126-135

  Gazzinelli, Andrea ^a   Bethony, Jeffrey ^b,c   Fraga, L Alves ^d   LoVerde, P T ^e   Correa Oliveira, R ^b   Kloos, Helmut ^f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDADE VALE DO RIO DOCE   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Schistosoma mansoni; Survey methods; Water contact behaviour

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BATHS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; LAUNDERING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; RURAL HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEX FACTORS; WATER;

BRAZIL;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0035076781     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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