Prevalence of strongyloidiasis in Latin America: A systematic review of the literature

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 452-460

  Buonfrate, Dora ^d   Mena, Maria Alejandra ^d   Angheben, Andrea ^d   Requena Mendez, A ^c   Munoz J ^c   Gobbi, F ^a   Albonico, Marco ^d   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^d   Bisoffi, Zeno ^a,d   Bonati, Maurizio ^d   Severino, Francesca ^d   Confalonieri, Valeria ^d   Pandolfini, Chiara ^d   Bartoloni, Alessandro ^d   Strohmeyer, Marianne ^d   Zammarchi, Lorenzo ^d   Muñoz, Jose ^d   Pool, Robert ^d   Requeña, Ana ^d   Roura, Maria ^d   Hardon, Anita ^d   Pell, Christopher ^d   Chiodini, Peter ^d   Moreira, Juan ^d   Sempértegui, Roberto ^d   Anselmi, Mariella ^d   Garcia, Hector H ^d   Bustos, Javier ^d   Santiva, Saul ^d   Torrico, Faustino ^d   Lozano, Daniel ^d   Rojas, Guido Chumiray ^d   Cabrera, Teresa Hinojosa ^d   Morón, Javier Ochoa ^d   Cuellar, Ignacio Abapori ^d   Suarez, Jaime Amorós ^d   Tognoni, Gianni ^d   Nicoletti, Alessandra ^d   Bruno, Elisa ^d   more..

^a SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Latin America; prevalence; review; Strongyloides stercoralis

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; TIABENDAZOLE;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECUADOR; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); PARASITOLOGY; PERU; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VENEZUELA; ANIMAL; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; FECES; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; PREVALENCE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 84921439655     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814001563     Document Type: Review

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