Sources and Distribution of Surface Water Fecal Contamination and Prevalence of Schistosomiasis in a Brazilian Village

BACKGROUND: The relationship between poor sanitation and the parasitic infection schistosomiasis is well-known, but still rarely investigated directly and quantitatively. In a Brazilian village we correlated the spatial concentration of human fecal contamination of its main river and the prevalence...

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Autores principales: Ponce-Terashima, Rafael, Koskey, Amber M., Reis, Mitermayer G., McLellan, Sandra L., Blanton, Ronald E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4183440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25275467
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003186

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4183440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25275467
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003186

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