Virginia T. Schall

Validação dos questionários de conhecimento (DKN-A) e atitude (ATT-19) de Diabetes Mellitus (2005)

Torres,Heloisa C, Virginia A,Hortale, Schall,Virginia T

OBJETIVO: Apresentar a adaptação transcultural dos instrumentos Diabetes Knowledge Scale e Attitudes Questionnaires, específicos para avaliação do conhecimento e atitudes de pacientes com...

Rural Tourism as Risk Factor for the Transmission of Schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais, Brazil (2004)

Martin J Enk, Roberta L Caldeira, Omar S Carvalho, Virginia T Schall

Recently, the booming rural tourism in endemic areas of the state of Minas Gerais was identified as a contributing factor in the dissemination of the infection with Schistosoma mansoni   . This...

Rural tourism as risk factor for the transmission of schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais, Brazil (2004)

Enk,Martin J, Caldeira,Roberta L, Carvalho,Omar S, Schall,Virginia T

Recently, the booming rural tourism in endemic areas of the state of Minas Gerais was identified as a contributing factor in the dissemination of the infection with Schistosoma mansoni. This article...

Rural tourism as risk factor for the transmission of Schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais, Brazil (2004)

Enk, Martin J., Caldeira, Roberta L., Carvalho, Omar S., Schall, Virginia T.

Recently, the booming rural tourism in endemic areas of the state of Minas Gerais was identified as a contributing factor in the dissemination of the infection with Schistosoma mansoni. This article...

Acute Schistosomiasis Outbreak in the Metropolitan Area of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais: Alert about the Risk of Unnoticed Transmission Increased by Growing Rural Tourism (2003)

Martin J Enk, Amanda Amorim, Virginia T Schall

The present article describes the occurrence of 17 cases of acute schistosomiasis in the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. All individuals affected took a bath in a...

Acute schistosomiasis outbreak in the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais: alert about the risk of unnoticed transmission increased by growing rural tourism (2003)

Enk,Martin J, Amorim,Amanda, Schall,Virginia T

The present article describes the occurrence of 17 cases of acute schistosomiasis in the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. All individuals affected took a bath in a...

Evaluation of the molluscicidal properties of Euphorbia splendens var. hislopii (N.E.B.) latex: experimental test in an endemic area in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil (1997)

Nelymar M Mendes, Mauricio C Vasconcellos, Darcilio F Baptista, Roberto S Rocha, Virginia T Schall

Following the positive results obtained regarding the molluscicidal properties of the latex of Euphorbia splendens that were corroborated in laboratory and field tests under restricted conditions, a...

Health Education, Public Information and Communication in Schistosomiasis Control in Brazil: a Brief Retrospective and Perspectives (1995)

Virginia T Schall

In recent years, the strategy for the control of schistosomiasis has placed increased emphasis on the role of health education, public information, and communication. This should, not only bring...

Educação em saúde para alunos de primeiro grau: avaliação de material para ensino e profilaxia da esquistossomose (1987)

Schall,Virginia T., Jurberg,Pedro, Almeida,Elizabeth M., Casz,Clarice, Cavalcante,Fátima G., Bagno,Silvana

Considerando a importância da informação sobre a esquistossomose para alunos de 7 a 15 anos, faixa etária apontada como de alta prevalência em regiões endêmicas e cujos hábitos colaboram para...