More than a quarter of the world's population is at risk of infection with the soil-transmitted
helminths Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator …

SUMMARY This Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology document on the laboratory
diagnosis of parasites from the gastrointestinal tract provides practical information for the …

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 …

Background Strongyloidiasis is a gut infection with Strongyloides stercoralis which is
common world wide. Chronic infection usually causes a skin rash, vomiting, diarrhoea or …

Diagnostic procedures in the field of medical parasitology require a great deal of judgment
and interpretation and are generally classified by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement …

Background The diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis (S. stercoralis) infection is hampered
by the suboptimal sensitivity of fecal-based tests. Serological methods are believed to be …

Strongyloides stercoralis differs from the other soil-transmitted helminths because it puts
infected subjects at risk of a fatal syndrome (in cases of immunosuppression for medical …

Over the past few decades, nucleic acid-based methods have been developed for the
diagnosis of intestinal parasitic infections. Advantages of nucleic acid-based methods are …

Strongyloidiasis remains an underestimated public health problem, just as it was at the
dawn of last century. In 1901, Professor William Sydney Thayer published a review,''On the …

Background Global migration from regions where strongyloidiasis and schistosomiasis are
endemic to non-endemic countries has increased the potential individual and public health …