Socioeconomic determinants of schistosomiasis in a poor rural area in Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 99, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 260-271

  Gazzinelli, Andrea ^a   Velasquez Melendez, Gustavo ^a   Crawford, Sara B ^b   LoVerde, Philip T ^c   Correa Oliveira, Rodrigo ^d   Kloos, Helmut ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Rural environment; Schistosoma mansoni; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE SPECIFIC CARE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POVERTY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIAL STATUS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA; VIRGEM DAS GRACAS;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 33750509173     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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