Strongyloidiasis - the most neglected of the neglected tropical diseases?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 967-972

  Olsen, Annette ^a   van Lieshout, Lisette ^b   Marti, Hanspeter ^c   Polderman, Ton ^b   Polman, Katja ^d   Steinmann, Peter ^c,e   Stothard, Russell ^f   Thybo, Søren ^g   Verweij, Jaco J ^b   Magnussen, Pascal ^a  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^g Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Control; Diagnosis; Morbidity; Neglected tropical disease; Strongyloides stercoralis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES CULTURE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION CONTROL; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; RASH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES FUELLERBORNI; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SYMPTOM; TROPICAL DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES FUELLEBORNI; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; VERMES;

EID: 70249114123     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.02.013     Document Type: Review

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