Schistosomiasis: an epidemiological update on Brazil's southernmost low endemic area in Esteio.
Angélica da Paz RamírezVivian FaveroCatieli Gobetti LindholzCarolina de Marco VeríssimoVanessa Fey PascoalRenata Russo Frasca CandidoAlessandra Loureiro MorassuttiCarlos Graeff-TeixeiraPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2020)
Current adverse conditions for S. mansoni transmission in Esteio and the absence of a confirmed diagnosis suggests that there is (i) a lack of specificity of the POC-CCA test in low endemic settings, and (ii) a high probability that interruption of schistosomiasis has been achieved in Esteio.
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