Sources and distribution of surface water fecal contamination and prevalence of schistosomiasis in a Brazilian village.

• Autors principals: Rafael Ponce-Terashima (Autor), Amber M Koskey (Autor), Mitermayer G Reis (Autor), Sandra L McLellan (Autor), Ronald E Blanton (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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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 of schistoso...