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Surveillance of strongyloidiasis in Spanish in-patients (1998–2014) [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 BackgroundStrongyloides stercoralis is a parasite that causes strongyloidiasis, a neglected tropical disease. S. stercoralis is a soil-transmitted helminth that is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
Fernando Salvador +2 more
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Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2019 Most of the 30 to 100 million people infected with Strongyloides stercoralis have subclinical (or asymptomatic) infections. These infections are commonly chronic and longstanding. A change in immune status can increase parasite numbers, leading to hyperinfection syndrome, dissemination, and death if unrecognized.
Thomas B Nutman +1 more
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Regulatory T Cell Expansion in HTLV-1 and Strongyloidiasis Co-infection Is Associated with Reduced IL-5 Responses to Strongyloides stercoralis Antigen [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009 Human strongyloidiasis varies from a chronic but limited infection in normal hosts to hyperinfection in patients treated with corticosteroids or with HTLV-1 co-infection. Regulatory T cells dampen immune responses to infections.
César Sánchez +2 more
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Nature Reviews Disease PrimersStrongyloidiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused primarily by the roundworm Strongyloides stercoralis. Strongyloidiasis is most prevalent in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Although cases have been documented worldwide, global prevalence is largely unknown due to limited surveillance.
Tobin EH, Meseeha M.
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Predictors of severe strongyloidiasis and mortality in hospitalized patients from Southern Thailand. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesBackgroundStrongyloidiasis is a neglected tropical infection that can progress to life-threatening disease in immunocompromised hosts. However, predictors of severe disease and mortality remain incompletely defined, particularly in endemic regions.
Sorawit Chittrakarn +3 more
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Strongyloidiasis associated with severe anemia: A case report in Taiwan
Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023 Strongyloidiasis is caused by infection with the helminth, Strongyloides stercoralis. The life cycle of S. stercoralis in the host could last decades owing to autoinfection.
Chia-Wei Chang +3 more
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Strongyloides stercoralis: A Neglected but Fatal Parasite
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022 Strongyloidiasis is a disease caused by Strongyloides stercoralis and remains a neglected tropical infection despite significant public health concerns. Challenges in the management of strongyloidiasis arise from wide ranging clinical presentations, lack
Viravarn Luvira +5 more
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A case of Strongyloides Stercoralis induced duodenitis and pancreatitis
IDCases, 2022 Strongyloidiasis is endemic in tropical and sub-tropical regions however cases of strongyloidiasis have been reported in temperate climates. Corticosteroid use, immunosuppression, infection with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV1), and chronic ...
U. Khan +4 more
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Strongyloidiasis: the most neglected tropical disease in Ethiopia
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2021 Background Strongyloidiasis is the most neglected of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The aim of this commentary is to describe the possible reasons why strongyloidiasis is so overlooked in Ethiopia, and shed light on better ways of control and ...
Abebaw Tiruneh +2 more
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Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2023 Objectives: We described a case of Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome, reported a case series, and reviewed published cases of strongyloidiasis in Taiwan.
Yung-An Chen +6 more
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