“…High prevalence (greater than 15.0%) was found in 40.5% of the studied municipalities (SES, 2006). Carvalho et al (1987Carvalho et al ( , 1988Carvalho et al ( , 1989Carvalho et al ( , 1994Carvalho et al ( , 1997Carvalho et al ( , 1998a, Katz & Carvalho (1983), Campos & Briques (1988), Kloss et al (2004), Gazzinelli et al (2006), Enk et al (2008Enk et al ( , 2009, Massara et al (2008) and Tibiriça (2008) also published results of schistomiasis prevalence studies in Minas Gerais state. Finally, Drummond et al (2010) reported that the PCE examined 2,643,564 stool samples in the period of 2003-2007 and obtained 141,284 positives for S. mansoni in Minas Gerais.…”