Measures for for the control of schistosomiasis were implemented in Egypt begining 1922. This shows that developing endemic countries are facing this problem for near 70 years. However, results in the control of this infection have not been satisfactorily obtained in spite of the technologies and strategies recently developed. The idea that the social and economic components are relevant in the control of schistosomiasis is not new although its extension and profundity have not usually been well understood. More recently; most of the workers have recognized that the distribution of the prevalence rates of schistosomiasis should not be neglected in the control of the infection. At present field work projects on the control of schistosomiasis are being developed in rural areas of two Brazilian states (Espirito Santo and Pernanbuco). The adopted strategy aims to interfere in the complex relationships between amn and his bio-social-cultural environment, without forgeting tha the unequal distribution of the space is a consequence of the political and economic organization of the Society.

Este trabalho apresenta dados de enteroparasitas encontradas em índios da comunidade tribal de Suruí, em Rondônia, na Região Amazônica do Brasil. As seguintes espécies foram encontradas: Ascaris lumbricoides (53,3%), Ancilostomidae (43,3%), Strongyloides stercoralis (33,3%), Taenia sp. (5,8%), Trichuris trichiura (5,0%), Hymenolepis nana (4,1%), Giardia lamblia (3,3%), Entamoeba histolytica complex (0,8%) e Enterobius vermicularis (0,1%). O encontro de Capillaria sp. nas fezes de dois individuos é discutido.

In this paper data on enteroparasites found in indians of the Surui tribal community in Rondônia, Amazon Region of Brazil, are presented. The following species were detected: Ascaris lumbricoides (53.3%), Ancylostomidae (43.3%), Strongyloides stercoralis (33.3%), Taenia sp. (5.8%), Trichuris trichiura (5.0%), Hymenolepis nana (4.1%), Giardia lambia (3.3%), Entamoeba histolytica complex (0.8%) and Enterobius vermicularis (0.1%).

Sete casos autóctones de esquistossomose mansônica são descritos no Distrito Federal (Brasil). Todos os casos são de crianças cujas idades variavam de 3 a 13 anos e que habitavam área suburbana da cidade de Planaltina. Cinco destes casos pertencem a uma mesma família vivendo às margens de um criadouro de Biomphalaria glabrata onde foram encontrados dois caramujos infectados por Schistosoma mansoni em 229 examinados.

Seven autochthonous cases of schistosomiasis mansoni are described in this paper. All of them refer to children, 3 to 13 years old, living in Planaltina, Federal District, Brazil. Five out of the seven cases belong to the same family living for 14 years in Planaltina. For the last 4 years this family has lived in a wooden hut 40 meters distant from a breeding place of B. glabrata. Of the 229 snails examined, two were naturallv infected with S. mansoni.

Sete casos autóctones de esquistossomose mansônica são descritos no Distrito Federal (Brasil). Todos os casos são de crianças cujas idades variavam de 3 a 13 anos e que habitavam área suburbana da cidade de Planaltina. Cinco destes casos pertencem a uma mesma família vivendo às margens de um criadouro de Biomphalaria glabrata onde foram encontrados dois caramujos infectados por Schistosoma mansoni em 229 examinados.

Seven autochthonous cases of schistosomiasis mansoni are described in this paper. All of them refer to children, 3 to 13 years old, living in Planaltina, Federal District, Brazil. Five out of the seven cases belong to the same family living for 14 years in Planaltina. For the last 4 years this family has lived in a wooden hut 40 meters distant from a breeding place of B. glabrata. Of the 229 snails examined, two were naturallv infected with S. mansoni.