A combined strategy to improve the control of Schistosoma mansoni in areas of low prevalence in Brazil

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 140-146

  Enk, Martin Johannes ^a,b   Lima, Anna Carolina Lustosa ^b   Massara, Cristiano Lara ^b   Coelho, Paulo Marcos Zech ^b   Schall, Virginia Torres ^b  

^a Hospital Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FECES ANALYSIS; GOLD STANDARD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE CONTROL; SAMPLING; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCREENING; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CHILD; EVALUATION; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 39549107559     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.140     Document Type: Article

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