Guerra H L, Guimarães C T, França M A, Rocha R S, Katz N
Campanhas de Saúde Pública, MG.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 1991 Jul-Sep;24(3):169-72. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86821991000300008.
The detection of a new transmission focus of schistosomiasis in Nova Lima town, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, is reported. The search of snail intermediate hosts in Banqueta do Bananal a small locality of Boa Vista neighbourhood detected 356 specimens of Biomphalaria glabrata, with a infection rate of 8.4%. In hundred-sixty-two patients stool examinations (Kato-Katz method) were done, showing ninety-one patients with eggs of Schistosoma mansoni in their feces. The integrated action of local residents and the local administration resulted in the elimination of the focus.
据报道，在巴西米纳斯吉拉斯州新利马镇发现了血吸虫病的一个新传播源。在博阿维斯塔社区的一个小地方巴纳纳拉班凯塔对中间宿主蜗牛进行的搜索中，检测到356只光滑双脐螺标本，感染率为8.4%。对162名患者进行了粪便检查（加藤-卡茨法），结果显示91名患者粪便中有曼氏血吸虫卵。当地居民和地方行政部门的联合行动导致了该传播源的消除。
