2010
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762010000400037
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Factors related to transmission of and infection with Schistosoma mansoni in a village in the South-eastern Region of Brazil

Abstract: In this transversal study, factors related to infection with and transmission of

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“…PCR using urine as a template is easy to collect, sensitive, and also specific which is useful in the identification of Schistosoma mansoni infection in low level and asymptomatic infected individual. This study is in agreement to the previous studies reported 5,32 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 94%
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“…PCR using urine as a template is easy to collect, sensitive, and also specific which is useful in the identification of Schistosoma mansoni infection in low level and asymptomatic infected individual. This study is in agreement to the previous studies reported 5,32 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 94%
“…The difference in infection rate is associated with the fact that males in the study area undergo activities such as fishing, swimming and working bare footed on irrigated agricultural farm lands than females. This study is in agreement with the previous study reported 32,33,34,35,36,37,38 and also in contrast the study which reported that both male and female infected with Schistosoma mansoni 39 . Age group of 14-17yrs had the highest positive cases of Schistosoma mansoni infection which is in contrast to the study which reported that age group of 5-9 and 10-14 were infected with Schistosoma mansoni because the study area is small 39 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 94%
“…The prevalence of schistosomiasis infection among the children was high (47.7%) even though the level has reduced relative to that reported by Amankwa et al [6] (68.7% and 67.7% for S. mansoni and S. haematobium respectively). It is important however, to note that the prevalence level detected in the current study could be an underestimation of the actual infection level, as only one sample/slide each of stool and urine per child was used for the estimation [16,17]. Similar high levels of infection have been reported among various age groups (50.6% among school-age children in Zanzibar [11]; 50.5% among infants and preschool children in Niger [18] and 58.1% among preschool children in Nigeria [19]) living in schistosomiasis endemic communities elsewhere in Africa.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…Em Minas Gerais um trabalho envolvendo diagnóstico em mais de mil participantes, cerca de 11% apresentaram infecção por Schistosoma mansoni, e deste total, a faixa etária com maior proporção foi de 20 a 30 anos (21,1% do dos positivos) (8). .…”
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“…As evidencias da maior ocorrência da esquistossomose em homens, foi detalhada por exemplo, em levantamento realizado no estado da Bahia, com 58% de resultados positivos para exames em homens contra 42% em mulheres (9) , e em Minas Gerais 75% em homens e 25% em mulheres (8) .…”
Section: Original Epidemiologiaunclassified