Title |
Schistosomiasis transmission and environmental change: a spatio-temporal analysis in Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco - Brazil
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Published in |
International Journal of Health Geographics, November 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1476-072x-11-51 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
ElainneChristinedeSouza Gomes, Onicio Batista Leal-Neto, Jones Albuquerque, HernandePereira da Silva, Constança Simões Barbosa |
Abstract |
In Brazil, schistosomiasis mansoni infection is an endemic disease that mainly affects the country's rural populations who carry out domestic and social activities in rivers and water accumulations that provide shelter for the snails of the disease. The process of rural migration to urban centers and the disorderly occupation of natural environments by these populations from endemic areas have favored expansion of schistosomiasis to locations that had been considered to be disease-free. Based on environmental changes that have occurred in consequent to an occupation and urbanization process in the locality of Porto de Galinhas, the present study sought to identify the relationship between those chances, measure by remote-sensing techniques, and establish a new endemic area for schistosomiasis on the coast of Pernambuco State--Brazil. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Brazil | 1 | 50% |
Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Scientists | 1 | 50% |
Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Brazil | 2 | 2% |
Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
Burkina Faso | 1 | <1% |
Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
Argentina | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 104 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Bachelor | 19 | 17% |
Student > Master | 17 | 15% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 14% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 11% |
Researcher | 10 | 9% |
Other | 19 | 17% |
Unknown | 18 | 16% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 15% |
Environmental Science | 11 | 10% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 10% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 6% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 6% |
Other | 35 | 32% |
Unknown | 22 | 20% |