An ecological field study of the water-rat Nectomys squamipes as a wild reservoir indicator of Schistosoma mansoni transmission in an endemic area.

Gentile, Rosana

An ecological field study of the water-rat Nectomys squamipes as a wild reservoir indicator of Schistosoma mansoni transmission in an endemic area. [electronic resource] - Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Sep 2006 - 111-7 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0074-0276

10.1590/s0074-02762006000900018 doi


Animals
Brazil--epidemiology
Disease Reservoirs--parasitology
Endemic Diseases
Feces--parasitology
Female
Humans
Male
Muridae--parasitology
Prevalence
Rats
Schistosoma mansoni--physiology
Schistosomiasis mansoni--epidemiology
Seasons