Rickettsial Infections Causing Acute Febrile Illness in Urban Slums, Brazil - Volume 28, Number 10—October 2022 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Fournier JB, Blanton LS, Nery N, Wunder EA, Costa F, Reis MG, Ribeiro GS, Walker DH, Ko AI. Rickettsial Infections Causing Acute Febrile Illness in Urban Slums, Brazil - Volume 28, Number 10—October 2022 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2022, 28: 2132-2134. PMID: 36148970, PMCID: PMC9514363, DOI: 10.3201/eid2810.220497.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvidence for local transmission and maintenance of schistosomiasis in an urban neighbourhood in Northeast Brazil
Chaves C, Sabino‐Santos G, Cedraz F, Santos‐Muccillo P, Filho J, Zanardi V, Moretto V, Santos A, Simões F, Barbosa L, Silva L, Reis M, Blanton R. Evidence for local transmission and maintenance of schistosomiasis in an urban neighbourhood in Northeast Brazil. Transboundary And Emerging Diseases 2022, 69: 3153-3159. PMID: 36057790, PMCID: PMC11013574, DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14692.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocal transmissionSchistosoma mansoni infectionRural-urban migrationImportant demographic shiftPatterns of urbanizationUrban schistosomiasisMansoni infectionEpidemiological dataUrban neighborhoodsDemographic shiftsSchistosomiasisLocal transmission cyclesRural areasTransmission cycleUrban populationMetropolitan areaSame cityNeighborhoodUrbanization