title: [Schistosomiasis in hyperendemic area of Taquarendi: I- Schistosoma mansoni infection and severe clinical forms].
abstract: The study was carried out in Taquarendi (Bahia), a caatinga zone with a small irrigated strip of land, where Biomphalaria glabrata snails are found. From the 1,532 inhabitants, 1,105 (72.1%) were submitted to clinical examination and 1058 out of them (95.7%) made stool examinations. Prevalence of schistosomiasis was 73.1% and 16.2% of these patients eliminated more than 1,000 eggs per gram of stool. By clinical examination, the size and the consistency of the left liver lobe were increased in 54% of the individuals and the spleen was palpable in 21.8%. The diagnosis of hepatosplenomegaly and of the advanced hepatointestinal clinical form was made, respectively, in 9.8% and 3.7%. A direct relationship between such clinical forms of the disease and the worm load over 1.000 S. mansoni eggs/g of fezes was found.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil. bina@ufba.br
authors.forename: José Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bina
authors.forename: Aluízio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prata
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000818:Animals; D001700:Biomphalaria / Q000469:parasitology; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*