Reliability of current estimates of schistosomiasis prevalence in the Rainforest Zone of the state of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 73-78

  Favre, Tereza C ^a   Ximenes, Ricardo A A ^b   Galvão, Aline F ^a   Pereira, Ana Paula B ^a   Wanderlei, Tereza N ^c   Barbosa, Constança S ^a   Pieri, Otávio S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c Centro Integrado de Saúde Amaury de Medeiros   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Pernambuco; Prevalence; Schistosomiasis; Soil transmitted helminthes

Indexed keywords

VERMES;

EID: 33846405306     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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