Katz N, Peixoto S V
Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2000 May-Jun;33(3):303-8. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822000000300009.
The number of carriers of Schistosoma mansoni infection in Brazil was estimated based on the results of parasitological examinations of feces carried out by the Fundação Nacional de Saúde (FNS - National Health Foundation) in 1996 and 1997, as well as population data from 18 states collected by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE - Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics). This information allowed the number of carriers of schistosomiasis mansoni to be estimated at 7.1 million in 1996 and 6. 3 million in 1997. These figures may not reflect the true situation since the population sample used was not originally selected for this purpose. The absence of precise data indicates the need for an adequate national survey of the prevalence of schistosomiasis, which continues to be an important endemic parasitic disease, justifying greater efforts for its control in Brazil.
巴西曼氏血吸虫感染携带者的数量是根据巴西国家卫生基金会（FNS）在1996年和1997年对粪便进行寄生虫学检查的结果，以及巴西地理与统计研究所（IBGE）收集的18个州的人口数据估算得出的。这些信息使得1996年曼氏血吸虫病携带者的数量估计为710万，1997年为630万。由于所使用的人口样本最初并非为此目的而选取，这些数字可能无法反映真实情况。缺乏精确数据表明有必要对血吸虫病的流行情况进行一次全面的全国性调查，血吸虫病仍是一种重要的地方性寄生虫病，这证明在巴西需要加大对其控制的力度。
