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 | | Studied area and population - The study was carried out in a rural village of the municipality of Itariri, in the Vale do Rio Ribeira de Iguape (São Paulo, Brazil), where the only intermediary host is the snail Biomphalaria tenagophila. |
 | | The autochthonous schistosomiasis prevalence in the municipality of Itariri was 3.1%, ranging from 0 to 9.2% in the different villages, according to the parasitological survey carried out in 1990. |
 | | Intestinal helminth diseases such as ascaridiasis, trichuriasis, and enterobiasis were found in the studied population with prevalence rates of 52.5, 44.1 and 3.4%, respectively. |
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