Effectiveness of mass treatment of Schistosoma mansoni infection in socially vulnerable areas of a state in northeastern Brazil, 2011-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To assess the effectiveness of mass treatment of Schistosoma mansoni infection in socially vulnerable endemic areas in northeastern Brazil.

Method

An ecological study was conducted, in which 118 localities in 30 municipalities in the state of Pernambuco were screened before 2011 and in 2014 (after mass treatment). Information on the endemic baseline index, mass treatment coverage, socio-environmental conditions and social vulnerability index were used in the multiple correspondence analysis. One hundred fourteen thousand nine hundred eighty-seven people in 118 locations were examined.

Results

The first two dimensions of the multiple correspondence analysis represented 55.3% of the variability between locations. The human capital component of the social vuln

SUBMITTER: Wanderley FSO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7941929 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature