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%4 dpi.inpe.br/plutao/2013/05.31.21.38
%2 dpi.inpe.br/plutao/2013/05.31.21.38.50
%@doi 10.5772/53500
%@isbn 9789535109426
%F lattes: 9840759640842299 3 JPSCViOliS:2013:BrSmCo
%T Multiple regression for the schistosomiasis positivity index estimates in the Minas Gerais State - Brazil at small communities and cities levels
%D 2013
%A Guimarães, Ricardo J. P. S.,
%A Freitas, Corina da Costa,
%A Dutra, Luciano Vieira,
%A Oliveira, Guilherme,
%A Carvalho, Omar S.,
%@affiliation Instituto Evandro Chagas/IEC, Ananindeua, Brazil
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou/Fiocruz-MG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
%@affiliation Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou/Fiocruz-MG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
%@electronicmailaddress ricardojpsg@gmail.com
%@electronicmailaddress corina@dpi.inpe.br
%@electronicmailaddress dutra@dpi.inpe.br
%E Ridi, Rashika El,
%B Parasitic diseases: schistosomiasis
%I Intech
%C New York
%V cap.1
%P 1-26
%K Brazil, esquistossomose, geo-health, parasitic diseases, schistosomiasis.
%X Schistosomiasis, caused by Schistosoma mansoni, is an endemic disease conditional on the presence of snails of aquatic habits of the genus Biomphalaria. In Brazil, there are eleven species and one subspecies of Biomphalaria genus mollusks that have been identified: B. glabrata (Say, 1818), B. tenagophila (Orbigny, 1835), B. straminea (Dunker, 1848), B. peregrina (Orbigny, 1835), B. schrammi (Crosse, 1864), B. kuhniana (Clessin, 1883), B. intermedia (Paraense & Deslandes 1962), B. amazonica (Paraense 1966), B. oligoza (Paraense 1974), B. occidentalis (Paraense 1981), B. cousini (Paraense, 1966) and B. tenagophila guaibensis (Paraense 1984). In Minas Gerais state, the presence of seven species: B. straminea, B. tenagophila, B. peregrina, B. schrammi, B. intermedia and B. occidentalis was reported. Among these, there are three Biomphalaria species (B. glabrata, B. tenagophila and B. straminea) that have been found to be naturally infected with S. mansoni. Other three species, B. amazonica, B. peregrina and B. cousini, were experimentally infected, being considered as potential hosts of this trematode. B. glabrata is of great importance, due to its extensive geographic distribution, high infection indices and efficiency in the schistosomiasis transmission. In endemic areas, large concentrations of these snails, together with other risk factors, favor the existence of localities with high prevalence.
%@language en
%3 parasiticdiseasesschistosomiasis2013cap1p1-26.pdf
%U http://www.intechopen.com/books/parasitic-diseases-schistosomiasis/multiple-regression-for-the-schistosomiasis-positivity-index-estimates-in-the-minas-gerais-state-bra
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