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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde, Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz., suppl(96), p. 169-172, 2001
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762001000900026
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Specific situations related to acute schistosomiasis in Pernambuco, Brazil
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Barbosa,Constança Simões,
Constança Simões Barbosa 
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Montenegro,Silvia Maria Lucena,
Montenegro Silvia Maria Lucena,
Silvia Maria Lucena Montenegro,
Abath,Frederico Guilherme Coutinho,
Abath Frederico Guilherme Coutinho,
Frederico Guilherme Coutinho Abath,
Domingues,Ana Lúcia Coutinho,
Domingues Ana Lúcia Coutinho,
Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues
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Montenegro,Silvia Maria Lucena,
Montenegro Silvia Maria Lucena,
Silvia Maria Lucena Montenegro,
Abath,Frederico Guilherme Coutinho,
Abath Frederico Guilherme Coutinho,
Frederico Guilherme Coutinho Abath,
Domingues,Ana Lúcia Coutinho,
Domingues Ana Lúcia Coutinho,
Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues
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Abstract
The present work reports on two epidemiological episodes resulting in acute schistosomiasis involving wealthy persons living in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. The authors discuss the epidemiological, clinical and serologic characteristics of the acute infections and also the way in which the conditions for transmission occurred.