Diagnosis, treatment and risk factors of Strongyloides stercoralis in schoolchildren in Cambodia.

• Glavni autori: Virak Khieu (Autor), Fabian Schär (Autor), Hanspeter Marti (Autor), Somphou Sayasone (Autor), Socheat Duong (Autor), Sinuon Muth (Autor), Peter Odermatt (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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BACKGROUND: Worldwide, an estimated 30 to 100 million people are infected with Strongyloides stercoralis, a soil-transmitted helminth. Information on the parasite is scarce in most settings. In semi-rural Cambodia, we determined infection rates and risk factors; compared two diagnostic methods (Koga...