Mass treatment for intestinal helminthisis control in an Amazonian endemic area in Brazil Tratamento em massa para controle das helmintíases intestinais em área endêmica na Amazônia Brasileira

Mass treatment for intestinal helminthisis control in an Amazonian endemic area in Brazil Tratamento em massa para controle das helmintíases intestinais em área endêmica na Amazônia Brasileira

The objective of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthiasis and evaluate the sanitary conditions and the role of a mass treatment campaign for control of these infections in Santa Isabel do Rio Negro. A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2002, to obtain...

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Main Authors: Márcio Neves Bóia, Filipe Anibal Carvalho- Costa, Fernando Campos Sodré, Walter A. Eyer-Silva, Cristiane Cruz Lamas, Marcelo Rosadinski Lyra, Vitor Laerte Pinto Júnior, João Paulo Cantalice Filho, Ana Lucia L. Oliveira, Liège M. Abreu Carvalho, Julise B. Gross, Ana Lucia S. Sousa, Teruo Ito de Moraes, Elkin Hernán Bermudez-Aza, Ezequias Baptista Martins, José Rodrigues Coura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2006-08-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Intestinal helminthiasis
Mass Treatment
Control
Amazon
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