Economic Analysis of the Impact of Overseas and Domestic Treatment and Screening Options for Intestinal Helminth Infection among US-Bound Refugees from Asia.

• Main Authors: Brian Maskery (Author), Margaret S Coleman (Author), Michelle Weinberg (Author), Weigong Zhou (Author), Lisa Rotz (Author), Alexander Klosovsky (Author), Paul T Cantey (Author), LeAnne M Fox (Author), Martin S Cetron (Author), William M Stauffer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Many U.S.-bound refugees travel from countries where intestinal parasites (hookworm, Trichuris trichuria, Ascaris lumbricoides, and Strongyloides stercoralis) are endemic. These infections are rare in the United States and may be underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed, leading to potentially seri...