Schistosoma mansoni infection in a rural area of the Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Analysis of exposure risk

Acta Tropica

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-41

  Pereira, Wesley Rodrigues ^a   Kloos, Helmut ^b   Crawford, Sara B ^c   Velásquez Melendez, Jorge Gustavo ^d   Matoso, Leonardo Ferreira ^d   Fujiwara, Ricardo Toshio ^a   Cançado, Guilherme Grossi Lopes ^a   LoVerde, Philip T ^e   Correa Oliveira, Rodrigo ^a   Gazzinelli, Andrea ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Brazil; Eosinophils; IgE; Schistosoma mansoni; Water contact

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAZIL; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; WATER;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 71549135866     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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