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Moluscos e larvas de trematódeos em área não endêmica para a esquistossomose ma...
Silva, Laryssa Oliveira; Machado, João Paulo Vieira; Bezerra, Letícia Pereira; Cirilo, Tatyane Martins; Gomes, Dharliton SoaresABSTRACT: Schistosomiasis is a relevant disease for public health in Brazil and Alagoas, and it is important to investigate the presence of the disease in endemic and non-endemic areas for the progress of eradicating this disease. Thus, the objective of the study was to carry out an investigation of mollusks and larvae of trematodes in an area not endemic for schistosomiasis mansoni. The study was carried out i...
Aspects related to positivity for schistosomiasis: a cross-sectional study in a...
Santos, Israel Gomes de Amorim; Bezerra, Letícia Pereira; Cirilo, Tatyane Martins; Silva, Laryssa Oliveira; Machado, João Paulo VieiraObjective: To analyze aspects related to positivity for schistosomiasis in an area of low prevalence in Brazil. Methods: Cross-sectional study, carried out in the first half of 2020, where proportion of positivity was analyzed according to the number of Kato-Katz slides, the diagnostic performance of the test and the creation of a positivity estimation factor from the data of the Information from the Schistos...