Planorbidic survey of the 4th Administrative Region of the State of S. Paulo, Brazil

Authors

  • Jorge Faria Vaz Superintendência de Controle de Endemias; Laboratório de Malacologia
  • Ezio Mantegazza Superintendência de Controle de Endemias; Serviço Regional 4
  • Horacio Manuel Santana Teles Superintendência de Controle de Endemias; Laboratório de Malacologia
  • Santa Poppe Silva Leite Superintendência de Controle de Endemias; Laboratório de Malacologia
  • Lucia Vieira Camargo Morais Superintendência de Controle de Endemias; Laboratório de Malacologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101987000500003

Keywords:

Planorbidae, Schistosomiasis mansoni^i2^sprevention and cont, Data collection, Disease vectors, Disease reservoirs

Abstract

In order to discover the actual distribution of the intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, a planorbidic survey was made in the 572 counties of the State. Investigation carried out in the State's 4th Administrative Region, which comprises 59 counties, has shown that Biomphalaria tenagophila (d'Orbigny, 1835), Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818) and Biomphalaria straminea (Dunker, 1848) are found, respectively, in twenty nine, nine and two of the counties. Many cases of schistosomiasis were detected among migrants to the Region but, up to the present, only two patients - at Itu and São Roque - could have contracted, the disease in the studied area. It seems that the fluke was intermediated by B. tenagophila.

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Published

1987-10-01

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 5 (1987)

Section

Original Articles

How to Cite

Vaz, J. F., Mantegazza, E., Teles, H. M. S., Leite, S. P. S., & Morais, L. V. C. (1987). Planorbidic survey of the 4th Administrative Region of the State of S. Paulo, Brazil . Revista De Saúde Pública, 21(5), 371-379. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101987000500003