Assessment of schistosomiasis in the Dominican Republic.

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Schneider, C R ; Hiatt, R A ; Malek, E A ; Ruiz-Tiben, E
• Description:
  Active transmission of intestinal schistosomiasis is currently limited to the southeastern part of the Dominican Republic. A population-based stool survey in 1980 detected 4 asymptomatic individuals among 114 selected at random in 2 towns and a rural community in El Seibo Province. The distribution of the transmitting snail, Biomphalaria glabrata, considerably exceeds that of Schistosoma mansoni, extending to the National District and capital city of Santo Domingo and well into certain central valley provinces. There is evidence that transmission sites have shifted during the past three decades because of urban development, molluscicidal activities and, perhaps, introduction of competing mollusks. In spite of intermittent control activities, the combination of domestic and recreational use of streams with consequent fecal contamination, and the extended distribution of B. glabrata indicates that the potential for new transmission foci is as great today as it was 10 years ago. This potential transmission of S. mansoni is a continuing threat to public health in the Dominican Republic.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Animals Biomphalaria Child Child, Preschool Epidemiologic Methods Feces Female Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Schistosoma Mansoni Schistosomiasis Mansoni Water Pollution

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• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 100(5):524-530
• Pubmed ID:
  3931167
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Dominican Republic
• Volume:
  100
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e3cd02a9dcbd1cc5fdcadebc61ec715e81a93d9a57eb05a522a3c1085d1bd868
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/66263/cdc_66263_DS1.pdf
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