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Characteristics of the human host have little influence on which local Schistosoma mansoni populations are acquired.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jan 2013
Barbosa Lúcio M, Silva Luciano K, Reis Eliana A, Azevedo Theomira M, Costa Jackson M, Blank Walter A, Reis Mitermayer G, Blanton Ronald E
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BACKGROUND: Brazil remains the country in the Americas with the highest prevalence of schistosomiasis. A combination of control efforts and development, however, has sharply reduced its intensity and distribution. The acquisition of specific schistosome populations may be dependent on host characteristics such as sex, age, geography, work, habits and culture. How these and other host characteristics align with...
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