Esquistossomose mansônica: dinâmica da transmissão

• Main Author: Fernando Dias de Ávila Pires
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1987-01-01
• Series: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761987000800023

<abstract language="eng">The following remarks were addressed at the round table that discussed the alternative approaches to schistosomiasis control. The address begins with a short analysis of the progressive spread of the area of distribution of the disease, and of the difficulties faced by those in charge of control programs, conventional or otherwise. A model was sketched, taking into consideration the distinct classes of factors involved in the dynamics of transmission: biological, immunological, ecological, socio-cultural, and economical. The true significance and pertinence of such a model was analysed, and the relevant questions that must be answered before a true representative model can be constructed, were listed.