The Relative Contribution of Immigration or Local Increase for Persistence of Urban Schistosomiasis in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Ronald E. Blanton; Lúcio M. Barbosa; Eliana A. Reis; Theomira M. Carmo; Cláudio R. A. dos Santos; Jackson M. Costa; Peace T. Aminu; Walter A. Blank; Renato Barbosa Reis; Isabel C. Guimarães; Luciano K. Silva; Mitermayer G. Reis

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003521

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The Relative Contribution of Immigration or Local Increase for Persistence of Urban Schistosomiasis in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Ronald E. Blanton ,

* E-mail: reb6@case.edu

Affiliation Case Western Reserve University, Centre for Global Health and Diseases, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Lúcio M. Barbosa,

Affiliations Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Eliana A. Reis,

Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Theomira M. Carmo,

Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Cláudio R. A. dos Santos,

Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Jackson M. Costa,

Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Peace T. Aminu,

Affiliation Case Western Reserve University, Centre for Global Health and Diseases, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Walter A. Blank,

Affiliation Case Western Reserve University, Centre for Global Health and Diseases, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Renato Barbosa Reis,

Affiliations Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Post-graduate Program in Regional and Urban Development, UNIFACS (Universidade Salvador), Imbuí, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Isabel C. Guimarães,

Affiliation Center for Control of Zoonoses, Municipal Secretariat of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Luciano K. Silva,

Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Mitermayer G. Reis

Affiliations Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Federal University of Bahia Faculty of Medicine, Sede Mater Praça XV de novembro, s/n—Largo do Terreiro de Jesus, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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The Relative Contribution of Immigration or Local Increase for Persistence of Urban Schistosomiasis in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Ronald E. Blanton,
Lúcio M. Barbosa,
Eliana A. Reis,
Theomira M. Carmo,
Cláudio R. A. dos Santos,
Jackson M. Costa,
Peace T. Aminu,
Walter A. Blank,
Renato Barbosa Reis,
Isabel C. Guimarães

Published: March 16, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003521

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