Coinfection with Strongyloides and SARS-CoV-2: A Systematic Review
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 Background: Treatments for COVID-19, including steroids, might exacerbate Strongyloides disease in patients with coinfection. We aimed to systematically review clinical and laboratory features of SARS-CoV-2 and Strongyloides coinfection, investigate ...
Elena C. Rosca +9 more
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Detection of enteric parasite DNA in household and bed dust samples: potential for infection transmission. [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: Enteric parasites are transmitted in households but few studies have sampled inside households for parasites and none have used sensitive molecular methods.
Calderón, E +5 more
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Strongyloides Hyperinfection Syndrome among COVID-19 Patients Treated with Corticosteroids
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 Widespread use of corticosteroids for COVID-19 treatment has led to Strongyloides reactivation and severe disease in patients from endemic areas. We describe a US patient with COVID-19 and Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome and review other reported ...
Jani M. Kim, Geetha Sivasubramanian
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Gastrointestinal parasites of feral cats from Christmas Island [PDF]
, 2008 Objective To investigate the gastrointestinal parasites present in feral cats on Christmas Island, with particular interest in the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii.
Adams, P.J. +3 more
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Disseminated strongyloidiasis with acute kidney injury
Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, 2017 Strongyloides stercoralis, an intestinal parasitic nematode, infects more than 100 million people worldwide. Strongyloides are unique in their ability to exist as a free-living and autoinfective cycle.
AVSSN Sridhar +5 more
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Health screenings administered during the domestic medical examination of refugees and other eligible immigrants in nine US states, 2014-2016: A cross-sectional analysis. [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: Refugees and other select visa holders are recommended to receive a domestic medical examination within 90 days after arrival to the United States. Limited data have been published on the coverage of screenings offered during this examination
Aguirre, Jenny +14 more
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The spatial ecology of free-ranging domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) in western Kenya [PDF]
, 2013 Background In many parts of the developing world, pigs are kept under low-input systems where they roam freely to scavenge food. These systems allow poor farmers the opportunity to enter into livestock keeping without large capital investments.
Cook, Elizabeth A. +3 more
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High level of treatment failure with commonly used anthelmintics on Irish sheep farms [PDF]
, 2014 peer-reviewedBackground: In 2013 a Technology Adoption Program for sheep farmers was established to encourage the implementation of best management practices on sheep farms in Ireland. There were 4,500 participants in this programme in 2013.
Casey, Micheal +8 more
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High prevalence of bronchiectasis is linked to HTLV-1-associated inflammatory disease. [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), a retrovirus, is the causative agent of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATLL).
A Gessain +37 more
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Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.Interlukin‐5 (IL‐5) plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) by promoting eosinophil differentiation, activation, and survival. We present here a typical case of EGPA in which treatment with IL‐5 pathway inhibitors is prescribed, showing to be beneficial for the patient.
Alvise Berti, Christian Pagnoux
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