Is there an association between positive Strongyloides stercoralis serology and diabetes mellitus?

Acta Tropica

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 102-105

  Mendonça, Suzan C L ^a   Gonçalves Pires, Maria do Rosário F ^a   Rodrigues, Rosângela M ^a   Ferreira Jr , Álvaro ^a   Costa Cruz, Julia M ^a  

^a Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic; Diagnosis; Strongyloides stercoralis; Strongyloidiasis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; DIABETES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMMUNOASSAY; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEROLOGY; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILS; FECES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

EID: 33748743186     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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