Evaluation of a 25-year-program for the control of schistosomiasis mansoni in an endemic area in Brazil

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Sarvel, Ana K ^a   Oliveira, Áureo A ^a   Silva, Alexandre R ^b   Lima, Anna C L ^c   Katz, Naftale ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SOCIAL STATUS; WATER SUPPLY; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CHILD; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 79953777595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000990     Document Type: Article

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