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

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...

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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)
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Published:	BMC, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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