Review Article

Use of Indicator Kriging to Investigate Schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Table 1

List of surveyed municipalities and their attributes found in the San Francisco and Paraíba do Sul River Basins (Source: [9, 18, 22]).

River basinMunicipalitiesEstimated speciesUncertainty meanFound species

Bonito de MinasB. straminea,
B. glabrata
0.002B. straminea,
B. glabrata
BuritizeiroB. straminea,
B. glabrata
0.250B. straminea
São FranciscoMatias CardosoB. straminea,
B. glabrata
0.290B. straminea
MiravâniaB. straminea,
B. glabrata
0.358B. straminea
São João das MissõesB. straminea,
B. glabrata
0.279B. straminea

AracitabaB. glabrata,
B. tenagophila
0.281Other a (Bp)
BicasB. glabrata,
B. tenagophila
0.419B. glabrata,
B. tenagophila
Bom Jardim de MinasWithout
Biomphalaria
0Without
Biomphalaria
DescobertoB. glabrata,
B. tenagophila,
B. straminea
0.487B. glabrata,
B. tenagophila
Paraíba do SulMar de EspanhaB. glabrata,
B. tenagophila,
B. straminea
0.525B. tenagophila, Other (Bp,Bo)
Santa Bárbara do Monte VerdeB. glabrata,
B. tenagophila,
B. straminea
0.302Other (Bp)
Santa Rita de JacutingaWithout Biomphalaria 0B. tenagophila, Other (Bp)
São João NepomucenoB. glabrata,
B. tenagophila
0.438B. glabrata,
B. tenagophila,
Other (Bp)
Senador CortesB. glabrata,
B. tenagophila
0.535Other (Bp)

aOther: Class without Biomphalaria, species found in this class is not the transmitter of schistosomiasis; Bp: B. peregrina; Bo: B. occidentalis.