| assessment of schistosomiasis in the dominican republic. | active transmission of intestinal schistosomiasis is currently limited to the southeastern part of the dominican republic. a population-based stool survey in 1980 detected 4 asymptomatic individuals among 114 selected at random in 2 towns and a rural community in el seibo province. the distribution of the transmitting snail, biomphalaria glabrata, considerably exceeds that of schistosoma mansoni, extending to the national district and capital city of santo domingo and well into certain central v ... | 1985 | 3931167 |