SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI IN THE "BAIXADA OCIDENTAL MARANHENSE", STATE OF MARANHÃO, BRAZIL: CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES PERFORMED IN 1987 AND 1993

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Raimundo Nonato Martins CUTRIM, Pedro Paulo CHIEFFI, José Cássio de MORAES
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1998
• Subjects: Schistosomiasis; Schistosoma mansoni; Prevalence; Maranhão State; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Alegre; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651998000300006; https://doaj.org/article/0cb8a8e3fb034ce989af35a1a57a8930

A cross-sectional study on the prevalence of schistosomiasis mansoni in three sites of the "Baixada Ocidental Maranhense" was carried out in 1993 in: Alegre (in the municipality of São Bento), Aliança (in Cururupu) and Coroatá II (in the municipality of São João Batista). Results were comp...