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Environmental Factors and Prevalence of Hookworm infection and Strongyloidiasis in Rural East Kalimantan, Indonesia [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2019
The prevalence of hookworm infection and strongyloidiasis is serious public health concern globally. In rural East Kalimantan, Indonesia has high-risk environmental factors of the prevalence of hookworm infection and strongyloidiasis. In this study would
Sedionoto Blego, Wasessombat Sueptrakool, Punsawad Chuchard, Anamnart Witthaya   +3 more
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Disseminated strongyloidiasis complicated by alveolar hemorrhage, meningitis, and septic shock treated with albendazole and subcutaneous ivermectin

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
The case of a patient with disseminated strongyloidiasis following chemotherapy for lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma is presented.
A. Balkhair, H.B. Taher, I. Al Busaidi, M. Al Amin, A. Al-Khirbash, B. Al Adawi, T. Al-Siyabi   +6 more
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Chylous Ascites as the Main Clinical Symptom of a Strongyloides stercoralis Infection in an Immigrant from Bosnia-Herzegovina

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2022
Extraintestinal strongyloidiasis is rare in patients without immunosuppression. We describe the first case of chylous ascites as a result of strongyloidiasis.
Lukas Antonitsch, Daniela Penz, Arnulf Ferlitsch   +2 more
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High prevalence of S. Stercoralis infection among patients with Chagas disease: A retrospective case-control study.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
BackgroundWe evaluate the association between Trypanosoma cruzi infection and strongyloidiasis in a cohort of Latin American (LA) migrants screened for both infections in a non-endemic setting.MethodologyCase-control study including LA individuals who ...
Pedro Puerta-Alcalde, Joan Gomez-Junyent, Ana Requena-Mendez, Maria Jesús Pinazo, Miriam José Álvarez-Martínez, Natalia Rodríguez, Joaquim Gascon, Jose Muñoz   +7 more
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Health Screening and Post‐Arrival Services for Refugee Children From Afghanistan

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 62, Issue 8, Page 1403-1410, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To examine refugee health screening and services for Afghan children in the unique context of emergency expedited humanitarian resettlement in Melbourne, Australia. Methods Retrospective audit of Afghan children who attended a specialist child refugee health service between August 2021–April 2024. Results Participants included 218 children
Amy Williamson, Eva Sudbury, Rija Khanal, Jade Woon, Jennifer Schaefer, Georgia Paxton   +5 more
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Strongyloides stercoralis: systematic review of barriers to controlling strongyloidiasis for Australian indigenous communities.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
BackgroundStrongyloides stercoralis infects human hosts mainly through skin contact with contaminated soil. The result is strongyloidiasis, a parasitic disease, with a unique cycle of auto-infection causing a variety of symptoms and signs, with possible ...
Adrian Miller, Michelle L Smith, Jenni A Judd, Rick Speare   +3 more
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Prevalence and risk factors of Strongyloides stercoralis in Takeo Province, Cambodia [PDF]

, 2014
The threadworm Strongyloides stercoralis, the most neglected helminth, affects an estimated 30-100 million people worldwide. Information on S. stercoralis infection is scarce in tropical and sub-tropical resource poor countries, including Cambodia.
Virak Khieu, Schär, Fabian, Hanspeter Marti, Sinuon Muth, Char, Meng Chuor, Odermatt, Peter, Bless, Philipp J., Muth, Sinuon, Khieu, Virak, Philipp J Bless, Fabian Schär, Peter Odermatt, Marti, Hanspeter, Meng Char   +13 more
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Serodiagnosis and early detection of Strongyloides stercoralis infection

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2019
Strongyloidiasis is a major neglected tropical disease with the potential of causing lifelong infection and mortality. One of the ways for effective control of this disease is developing improved diagnostics, particularly using serological approaches.
Norsyahida Arifin, Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafiah, Hussain Ahmad, Rahmah Noordin   +3 more
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Clinical Characteristics of Disseminated Strongyloidiasis, Japan, 1975–2017

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
Clinical characteristics of disseminated strongyloidiasis, the severest form of strongyloidiasis, are not well described. We conducted a retrospective, consecutive chart review of patients with disseminated strongyloidiasis admitted to Okinawa Chubu ...
Mitsuru Mukaigawara, Masashi Narita, Soichi Shiiki, Yoshihiro Takayama, Shunichi Takakura, Tomokazu Kishaba   +5 more
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Fatal Strongyloides stercoralis hyper-infection in a patient with multiple myeloma

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Strongyloides stercoralis (S.S.) is a human intestinal parasite, which may lead to complicated strongyloidiasis. We report a case of disseminated strongyloidiasis following the treatment of myeloma.
Mohamed A Yassin, Halima El Omri, Ibrahim Al-Hijji, Ruba Taha, Reham Hassan, Kamal Al Aboudi, Hanadi El-Ayoubi   +6 more
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