Burden of schistosomiasis-related mortality in Brazil: epidemiological patterns and spatial-temporal distribution, 2003-2018.

Marta Cristhiany Cunha Pinheiro Anderson Fuentes Ferreira José Damiao da Silva Filho Mauricélia da Silveira Lima Francisco Rogerlândio Martins Mello Fernando Schemelzer de Moares BezerraMariana Silva SousaAlberto Novaes Ramos Junior

Published in: Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH (2020)

Schistosomiasis remains an important cause of death in persistently endemic areas in Brazil, particularly in those with a high prevalence of the disease and a marked parasite load.

Keyphrases

risk factors
cardiovascular events
plasmodium falciparum
type diabetes
toxoplasma gondii