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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-3-25
pubmed:abstractText
Cross-sectional and evolutive studies on schistosomiasis mansoni were carried out before and after mass treatment in the endemic areas of Capitão Andrade and Padre Paraiso, state of Minas Gerais, Riachuelo, state of Sergipe, Alhandra, state of Paraiba, and Aliança, Alegre and Coroatá, lowland of the state of Maranhão, Brazil, in the last eighteen years. The studies included clinical and fecal examination by the Kato-Katz quantitative technique, skin test for Schistosoma mansoni infection, evaluation of man-water contact and other epidemiological investigations such as infection rate and dynamic of the snail population. Results showed: (1) Higher prevalence of S. mansoni infection, greater egg load elimination and higher and earlier morbidity of the chronic forms of the disease in the southeast areas of Capitão Andrade and Padre Paraiso; (2) The incidence of hepatosplenic form is higher in some family clusters, in whites and mulattos in all the endemic areas but develop earlier in the southeast; (3) The prevalence and morbidity of schistosomiasis are decreasing both in the mass treated northeast and in the untreated southeast areas; (4) The mass treatment reduces rapidly the prevalence of the infection and the morbidity of the disease but can not control it because of the frequent reinfections due to the intensity of man-water contact.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0074-0276
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87 Suppl 4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
175-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Brazil, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Child, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Cross-Sectional Studies, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Incidence, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-National Health Programs, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Parasite Egg Count, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Prevalence, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Program Evaluation, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Recurrence, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Schistosomiasis mansoni, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Schistosomicides, pubmed-meshheading:1343891-Water Pollution
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Cross-sectional and evolutive studies of schistosomiasis mansoni in untreated and mass treated endemic areas in the southeast and northeast of Brazil.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article