Screening for infection with Schistosoma mansoni in Puerto Rico: a limited serologic survey utilizing the circumoval precipitin test
Hillyer, G.V.; Lluberes, R.; Ramírez Ronda, C.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 73(2): 50-55
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 6942853 Document Number: 179726
Of 196 serum samples collected in 1977 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 27 (13.8%) were positive for antibodies to Schistosoma mansoni eggs by the circumoval precipitin test. No sex differences were observed. The highest positivity (33%) occurred in the 20- to 29-year-old group. 116 of the samples collected came from residents of San Juan and Rio Piedras, of whom 16.4% (19) were positive. Although the sample size was small the results suggest that infection with S. mansoni may be more widespred in Puerto Rico than is generally believed.
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