Abdominal ultrasound in the evaluation of fibrosis and portal hypertension in an area of schistosomiasis low endemicity Ultra-sonografia abdominal na avaliação de fibrose e hipertensão portal em área de baixa endemicidade de esquistossomose

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Maria Cristina Carvalho do Espírito Santo, Letícia Martins Azeredo, Horácio Manuel Santana Teles, Ronaldo Cesar Borges Gryschek, Cláudio Santos Ferreira, Vicente Amato Neto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2008
• Subjects: Schistosomiasis; Ultrasonography; Periportal Fibrosis; Plan of control; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Plano
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652008000200010; https://doaj.org/article/3f8f3d504a3e4d24a65b1ba520ef9365

This study was undertaken in the municipality of Bananal, São Paulo, an endemic area for schistosomiasis with a prevalence under 10% and low parasite load among infected individuals. Our objective was to identify the clinical forms of schistosomiasis among 109 patients in whom the disease had been d...