Epidemiology of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in Bolivian patients at high risk of complications.

• Main Authors: Laurent Gétaz (Author), Rosario Castro (Author), Pablo Zamora (Author), Marcelo Kramer (Author), Nestor Gareca (Author), Maria Del Carmen Torrico-Espinoza (Author), José Macias (Author), Susana Lisarazu-Velásquez (Author), Gloria Rodriguez (Author), Carola Valencia-Rivero (Author), Thomas Perneger (Author), François Chappuis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Strongyloidiasis can be fatal in immunocompromised patients, but few epidemiological studies investigated the burden of this neglected tropical disease among these populations, particularly in low- and middle-income countries such as Bolivia. This study aimed to fill in this gap by estima...