Accuracy of five serologic tests for the follow up of Strongyloides stercoralis infection.

• Egile Nagusiak: Dora Buonfrate (Egilea), Marco Sequi (Egilea), Rojelio Mejia (Egilea), Ruben O Cimino (Egilea), Alejandro J Krolewiecki (Egilea), Marco Albonico (Egilea), Monica Degani (Egilea), Stefano Tais (Egilea), Andrea Angheben (Egilea), Ana Requena-Mendez (Egilea), José Muñoz (Egilea), Thomas B Nutman (Egilea), Zeno Bisoffi (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Traditional faecal-based methods have poor sensitivity for the detection of S. stercoralis, therefore are inadequate for post-treatment evaluation of infected patients who should be carefully monitored to exclude the persistence of the infection. In a previous study, we demonstrated high...