A esquistossomose urbana e a heterogeneidade social e epidemiológica da população do município de Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil

[摘要] This study deals with the relationship between schistosomiasis and urbanization, particularlv the urbanization process experienced by cities in dependent capitalist countries, with large groups of people in precarious living conditions. Six hundred and ten notified autochthonous cases in Campinas during the period from 1970 to 1990 are analyzed through notification files with regard to patients’ socio-economic conditions. Autochthonous cases of schistosomiasis were demonstrated as having a more heterogeneous geographical distribution within the urban area than could be inferred from previous studies that correlate the occurence of transmission with precarious sanitary conditions.

[关键词] Schistosomiasis;Urbanization;Medical Geography;Social Heterogeneity;Esquistossomose;Urbanização;Geografia Médica;Heterogeneidade Social