Disease in Schistosomiasis Mansoni in Brazil

The following sections are included:

• History

• Epidemiological Considerations

  • Factors Related to the Snails and Cercariae

• Infection and Reinfection with Schistosoma mansoni

• Early Phase or Acute Schistosomiasis

  • General Considerations

  • Patients in Permanent Contact with Focal Points of Infection

  • Patients in Sporadic Contact with Focal Points of Infection

  • Clinical Manifestations

  • Pathogenesis and Pathology

• Chronic Schistosomiasis

  • Intestinal and Hepatointestinal Form

  • Hepatosplenic Form

  • Importance

  • Characterization

  • Pathogeny of Simmers Fibrosis

  • Factors That Affect the Installation of Symmers Fibrosis

  • Factors Related to the Host

  • Host Predisposition

  • Genetic Markers

  • Complications of Hepatosplenomegaly

  • Pulmonary Hypertension

  • Cyanotic Syndrome

  • Peri-intestinal Fibrosis

  • Nephropathy

  • Other Clinical Forms

  • Morbid Associations

  • Other Morbid Associations

• Etiologic Diagnosis

• Clinical Diagnosis

• Treatment

  • Specific Treatment

  • Surgical Treatment

• References