Fatores relacionados à transmissão das geohelmintíases

Abstract

Apresenta-se uma ampla revisão dos diferentes fatores e mecanismos relacionados à transmissão das geohelmintíases.A review is presented on the different mechanisms and agents related to the, epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminths. Special attention is given to the fecal contamination of the soil, to the environmental factors related to the freeliving stages development and to the human susceptibility to helmintic infection.