Strong-LAMP: A LAMP Assay for Strongyloides spp. Detection in Stool and Urine Samples. Towards the Diagnosis of Human Strongyloidiasis Starting from a Rodent Model.

• Main Authors: Pedro Fernández-Soto (Author), Alicia Sánchez-Hernández (Author), Javier Gandasegui (Author), Cristina Bajo Santos (Author), Julio López-Abán (Author), José María Saugar (Author), Esperanza Rodríguez (Author), Belén Vicente (Author), Antonio Muro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Strongyloides stercoralis, the chief causative agent of human strongyloidiasis, is a nematode globally distributed but mainly endemic in tropical and subtropical regions. Chronic infection is often clinically asymptomatic but it can result in severe hyperinfection syndrome or disseminated...