Article
Black piedra among the Zoró indians from Amazônia (Brazil)
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COIMBRA JUNIOR, Carlos Everaldo Alvares; SANTOS, Ricardo Ventura. Black piedra among the Zoró Indians from Amazônia (Brazil). Mycopathologia, v. 107, n. 1, p. 57-60, July 1989.
0301-486X
10.1007/BF00437590
1573-0832
Autor
Coimbra Junior, Carlos Everaldo Alvares
Santos, Ricardo Ventura
Resumen
A total of 130 Zoró Indians from the Brazilian Amazon were observed as part of an epidemiological survey. Black piedra was found in 74 (56.9~o) individuals. Infection rates between the sexes were not significantly different. The age group least infected comprised the children, 0-10 years of age. The authors comment on the epidemiology of the infection among the Zoró.