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

• Main Authors: Virak Khieu (Author), Fabian Schär (Author), Hanspeter Marti (Author), Somphou Sayasone (Author), Socheat Duong (Author), Sinuon Muth (Author), Peter Odermatt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...