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Copyright Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Sep/Oct 1996

Abstract

TA revision of the malacological surveys canied out in Santa Catarina, Brazil, by the National Health Foundation in 52 counties of 8 microregions between 1981 and 1994 was made. Fifty of them were positive for Biomphalaria tenagophila, the only schistosome vector identified in the 94,535 specimens collected. Of 1,358 districts, 617 (45.4%) were positive to the vector, varying from 4.3% to 89-4% per municipality. The percentages of water bodies with planorbids varied from 0.2% to 26.3 % and, of the total 28,120 examined, 2,013 (7.1%) were positive. Snails infected with cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni were found in the counties of Araquari, Massaranduba, Joinville, Jaraguá do Sul and São Francisco do Sul, the last two constituting the southernmost focus of schistosomiasis mansoni in Brazil. Otherplanorbid species identified were B. peregrina, B. oligoza, B. schrammi, B. straminea and B. occidentalis.

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Title
Distribuição geográfica de planorbídeos em Santa Catarina, Brasil
Author
Schlemper, Junior Bruno R; Ferreira, Neto Joaquim A; Thiago, Paulo de Tarso São; Bressan, Cinthya C.; Amarante, Alessandro R
Section
Artigos
Publication year
1996
Publication date
Sep/Oct 1996
Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
ISSN
00378682
e-ISSN
16789849
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1449181992
Copyright
Copyright Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Sep/Oct 1996