Strongyloidiasis: a neglected tropical disease

A Krolewiecki, TB Nutman - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2019 - id.theclinics.com
The Strongyloides group of parasites includes over 50 different species, each of them
naturally infecting a limited number of mammalian species. 1 Strongyloidiasis, the human …

Human strongyloidiasis: complexities and pathways forward

D Buonfrate, RS Bradbury, MR Watts… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY Strongyloidiasis is a World Health Organization neglected tropical disease
usually caused by Strongyloides stercoralis, a parasitic worm with a complex life cycle …

The Global Prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis Infection

D Buonfrate, D Bisanzio, G Giorli, P Odermatt, T Fürst… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Strongyloidiasis is a common neglected tropical disease in tropical and sub-tropical climatic
zones. At the worldwide level, there is high uncertainty about the strongyloidiasis burden …

[HTML][HTML] Case report: disseminated strongyloidiasis in a patient with COVID-19

AJ Lier, JJ Tuan, MW Davis, N Paulson… - The American journal …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has emerged and rapidly evolved into a current global pandemic.
Although bacterial and fungal coinfections have been associated with COVID-19, little is …

Multiple-dose versus single-dose ivermectin for Strongyloides stercoralis infection (Strong Treat 1 to 4): a multicentre, open-label, phase 3, randomised controlled …

D Buonfrate, J Salas-Coronas, J Muñoz… - The Lancet infectious …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Strongyloides stercoralis infection is a neglected condition that places people
who are immunocompromised at risk of hyperinfection and death. Ivermectin is the drug of …

Strongyloides stercoralis

JM Czeresnia, LM Weiss - Lung, 2022 - Springer
Strongyloidiasis has been estimated to affect over 600 million people worldwide. It is caused
by Strongyloides stercoralis, a roundworm endemic to the tropics and subtropics, especially …

Different but overlapping populations of Strongyloides stercoralis in dogs and humans—Dogs as a possible source for zoonotic strongyloidiasis

TG Jaleta, S Zhou, FM Bemm, F Schär… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Strongyloidiasis is a much-neglected soil born helminthiasis caused by the nematode
Strongyloides stercoralis. Human derived S. stercoralis can be maintained in dogs in the …

Global prevalence and epidemiology of Strongyloides stercoralis in dogs: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AV Eslahi, S Hashemipour, M Olfatifar, E Houshmand… - Parasites & …, 2022 - Springer
Background Strongyloides stercoralis, a soil-transmitted helminth, occurs in humans, non-
human primates, dogs, cats and wild canids. The zoonotic potential between these hosts is …

Soil-transmitted helminth vaccines: are we getting closer?

A Zawawi, KJ Else - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Parasitic helminths infect over one-fourth of the human population resulting in significant
morbidity, and in some cases, death in endemic countries. Despite mass drug administration …

Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome: a deeper understanding of a neglected disease

G Vasquez-Rios, R Pineda-Reyes… - Journal of Parasitic …, 2019 - Springer
Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome (SHS) is a life-threatening condition that
warrants early detection and management. We describe the pathogenesis, organ-specific …