A public health response against Strongyloides stercoralis: time to look at soil-transmitted helminthiasis in full.

• Main Authors: Alejandro J Krolewiecki (Author), Patrick Lammie (Author), Julie Jacobson (Author), Albis-Francesco Gabrielli (Author), Bruno Levecke (Author), Eugenia Socias (Author), Luis M Arias (Author), Nicanor Sosa (Author), David Abraham (Author), Ruben Cimino (Author), Adriana Echazú (Author), Favio Crudo (Author), Jozef Vercruysse (Author), Marco Albonico (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Strongyloides stercoralis infections have a worldwide distribution with a global burden in terms of prevalence and morbidity that is largely ignored. A public health response against soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections should broaden the strategy to include S. stercoralis and overcome the epi...