Author | Conceição, Maria José | |
Author | Pereira, José Borges | |
Author | Coura, José Rodrigues | |
Access date | 2019-07-11T12:33:45Z | |
Available date | 2019-07-11T12:33:45Z | |
Document date | 2007 | |
Citation | CONCEIÇÃO, Maria José; PEREIRA, José Borges; COURA, José Rodrigues. A thirty years follow-up study on Schistosomiasis mansoni in a community of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 102, n. 8, p. 1007-1009, Dec. 2007. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0074-0276 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/33975 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Esquistossomose mansoni | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Estudo de acompanhamento | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Trinta anos | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Minas Gerais | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Brasil | pt_BR |
Title | A thirty years follow-up study on Schistosomiasis mansoni in a community of Minas Gerais, Brazil | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1590/S0074-02762007000800019 | pt_BR |
Abstract | During thirty years - 1973-2003 - a group of individuals infected by Schistosoma mansoni in Capitão Andrade, Rio Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil, was evaluated by the same authors, being one of the longest follow-up studies on schistosomiasisis mansoni in an endemic area. The diagnosis of S. mansoni was based on parasitological stool tests. In the clinical classification, three groups were considered: type I - schistosomiasis-infection, type II - hepatointestinal form, and type III- hepatosplenic form. The prevalence of infection were 60.8% in 1973, 36.2% in 1984, 27.3% in 1994, and 19.4% in 2003, while the index of hepatosplenomegaly were respectively 5.8%, 2.8%, 2.3% and 1.3%. The maintenance of high prevalence and severity of clinical forms are probably related to reinfection. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho. Departamento de Medicina Preventiva. Programa de Pós-graduação em Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Schistosomiasis mansoni | pt_BR |
Subject | Follow-up study | pt_BR |
Subject | Thirty years | pt_BR |
Subject | Minas Gerais | pt_BR |
Subject | Brazil | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1678-8060 | |