Effectiveness of mass treatment of Schistosoma mansoni infection in socially vulnerable areas of a state in northeastern Brazil, 2011-2014.
Flávia Silvestre Outtes WanderleyUlisses MontarroyosCristine Vieira do BonfimCarolina Cunha-CorreiaPublished in: Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique (2021)
The mass treatment intervention helped to reduce transmission of schistosomiasis in areas of high endemicity. Thus, it can be recommended that application of mass treatment should be accompanied by other control actions, such as basic sanitation, monitoring of intermediate vectors and case surveillance.