Title |
First report of schistosomiasis on Serrambi beach, Ipojuca, State of Pernambuco
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Published in |
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, January 2015
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DOI | 10.1590/0037-8682-0079-2015 |
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Authors |
Verônica Santos Barbosa, Ricardo José de Paula Souza e Guimarães, Rodrigo Moraes Loyo, Silas Marcelino, Constança Simões Barbosa |
Abstract |
The expansion of schistosomiasis to previously unaffected areas is being monitored by identifying new cases and georeferencing outbreaks of vector snails. In 2014, the Laboratório de Esquistossomose began an epidemiological survey in Serrambi and registered 2,574 people living there. Of these subjects, 1,414 (54.9%) underwent feces examination and 63 (4.5%) were diagnosed with Schistosoma mansoni infection. At this locality, seven breeding sites each were identified for Biomphalaria straminea and Biomphalaria glabrata. At two sites, B. glabrata were shedding cercariae. Implementing preventive measures is necessary to avoid the establishment of schistosomiasis in yet another tourist locality, Pernambuco. |
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