[Identification of a new focus of schistosoma mansoni. (Municipality of Nova Lima, MG, Brazil].
The detection of a new transmission focus of schistosomiasis in Nova Lima town, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, is reported. The search of snail intermediate hosts in Banqueta do Bananal a small locality of Boa Vista neighbourhood detected 356 specimens of Biomphalaria glabrata, with a infection rate of 8.4%. In hundred-sixty-two patients stool examinations (Kato-Katz method) were done, showing ninety-one patients with eggs of Schistosoma mansoni in their feces. The integrated action of local residents and the local administration resulted in the elimination of the focus.
Guerra
H L
HL
Campanhas de Saúde Pública, MG.
Guimarães
C T
CT
França
M A
MA
Rocha
R S
RS
Katz
N
N
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001700:Biomphalaria / Q000469:parasitology*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000453:epidemiology*
Identificação de um novo foco de esquistossomose mansoni. (Município de Nova Lima, MG, Brasil).