Strongyloides stercoralis prevalence and diagnostics in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic

• Main Authors: Somaphone Chankongsin (Author), Rahel Wampfler (Author), Marie-Therese Ruf (Author), Peter Odermatt (Author), Hanspeter Marti (Author), Beatrice Nickel (Author), Valy Keoluangkhot (Author), Andreas Neumayr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite the high prevalence of strongyloidiasis in the Laotian population, Laotian hospitals still lack diagnostic capacity to appropriately diagnose Strongyloides stercoralis infections. This cross-sectional hospital-based study was conducted to assess the prevalence of Strongyl...