Environmental intervention as a tool for control of schistosomiasis
Suggestions from a field study in Northeast Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5229718 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kurt Kloetzel (Prefeitura do Muncípio de Santos, Brasil), Pedro Paulo Chieffi (0000-0003-0716-3032, Universidade de São Paulo), Flair José Carrilho (0000-0002-7682-3105, Universidade de São Paulo) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | suppl 2 |
| Pages | S337-S344 |
| Publication date | 1994-07-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0102-311x1994000800011 |
| PMID | 15042223 |
| OpenAlex | W2125100810 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0102-311X1994000800011 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 13 |
The present survey from the State of Alagoas (Brazil) emphasized, once again, the importance of peridomestic or neighbourhood foci in the transmission of schistosomiasis mansoni. Although the study area consisted of a compact and densely populated urban community (Bairro Frio, União dos Palmares county), prevalence as well as the distribution of high egg counts was quite patchy, exhibiting a spatial pattern correlated with the distribution of ditches and other small-sized collections of surface water. Despite the availability of satisfactory water supply in most households, as well as the absence of any major body of water capable of furthering transmission, egg counts in Bairro Frio exceeded any other in our previous experience. Morbidity, however, appeared to be insignificant, a trend which has been observed over the last decade in several other highly endemic areas. It appears clear to the authors that the control of transmission requires investment in environmental intervention and that this proposal, far from being utopic, can be furthered by quite modest means and through the participation of community or neighbourhood groups
Biology · Distribution (mathematics) · Environmental health · Environmental protection · Geography · Helminths · Neighbourhood (mathematics) · Schistosomiasis · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Transmission (telecommunications) · Water supply · Zoology · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Environmental Engineering · Environmental Science · Medicine · Parasites and Host Interactions · Zoonotic diseases and public health
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2009 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |