Occurrence of Strongyloides stercoralis in Yunnan Province, China, and comparison of diagnostic methods.

• Main Authors: Peter Steinmann (Author), Xiao-Nong Zhou (Author), Zun-Wei Du (Author), Jin-Yong Jiang (Author), Li-Bo Wang (Author), Xue-Zhong Wang (Author), Lan-Hua Li (Author), Hanspeter Marti (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Strongyloides stercoralis is a neglected soil-transmitted helminth species, and there is a lack of parasitologic and epidemiologic data pertaining to this parasite in China and elsewhere. We studied the local occurrence of S. stercoralis in a village in Yunnan province, China, and compar...