Characterization of the non-apparent clinical form in the initial phase of schistosomiasis mansoni Caracterização da forma inaparente da fase inicial da esquistossomose mansoni

Characterization of the non-apparent clinical form in the initial phase of schistosomiasis mansoni Caracterização da forma inaparente da fase inicial da esquistossomose mansoni

In this paper the history of 115 recruits that had bathed simultaneously in streams contaminated with Schistosoma mansoni, during military maneuvers, is reported. Thirty four of the infected patients presented the initial phase of the infection diagnosed through epidemiologic, clinical and laborator...

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Main Authors: Manoel Otávio da Costa Rocha, Enio Roberto Pietra Pedroso, Jayme Neves, Roberto Sena Rocha, Dirceu Bartolomeu Greco, José Roberto Lambertucci, Regina Lunardi Rocha, Naftale Katz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1993-06-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Acute schistosomiasis
Non-apparent form
Initial phase of schistosomiasis
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