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JAMA Network Open, 2022 Key Points Question Does prevalence of strongyloidiasis interact with the relative risk (RR) of mortality in ivermectin trials for the treatment of COVID-19?
A. Bitterman +3 more
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Pathogens and Global Health, 2021 Strongyloides stercoralis is a neglected soil-transmitted helminth affects approximately 100-370 million people globally. The life cycle is unusual as only larvae can be found in stool specimens.
Aida Vafae Eslahi +11 more
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Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 Background: Since Strongyloides can persist in its host for decades, and cause life threatening infections data on prevalence, the burden and risk factors for infection is crucial in migrant populations.
Ana Requena-Méndez +7 more
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Strongyloidiasis Hyperinfection Syndrome in COVID-19 Positive Migrants Treated with Corticosteroids
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2022 The aim of this study is to highlight the potentially fatal risk of Strongyloidiasis Hyperinfection Syndrome for hospitalized immigrant patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 disease and undiagnosed Strongyloidiasis.
N. Jenks, Brendan Driscoll, T. Locke
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Pathogens, 2023 Severe cases of strongyloidiasis are most often associated with multiple causes of immune suppression, such as corticoid treatment and HTLV (human T-lymphotropic virus) coinfection.
Carmen Costache +6 more
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Health of Special Immigrant Visa holders from Iraq and Afghanistan after arrival into the United States using Domestic Medical Examination data, 2014-2016: A cross-sectional analysis. [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: Since 2008, the United States has issued between 2,000 and 19,000 Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) annually, with the majority issued to applicants from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Aguirre, Jenny +15 more
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Strongyloidiasis: what every gastroenterologist needs to know
Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease, 2022 Strongyloidiasis is caused by the intestinal roundworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, which has the potential for fatal outcome. It may present with vague gastrointestinal symptoms and mimic gastrointestinal diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, and ...
Sabrina H M Yeung +3 more
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A Practical Approach to Screening for Strongyloides stercoralis
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021 Strongyloides stercoralis, causative agent of a neglected tropical disease, is a soil-transmitted helminth which may cause lifelong persisting infection due to continuous autoinfection.
Luisa Carnino +5 more
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Case Report: Disseminated Strongyloidiasis in a Patient with COVID-19
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020 . The SARS-CoV-2 virus has emerged and rapidly evolved into a current global pandemic. Although bacterial and fungal coinfections have been associated with COVID-19, little is known about parasitic infection.
Audun J Lier +7 more
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Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica, 2022 Introduction The generalization of treatment with dexamethasone or other immunosuppressants in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection may increase the risk of occurrence of severe forms of strongyloidiasis.
A. Rodríguez-Guardado +6 more
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