Strongyloides stercoralis: A Neglected but Fatal Parasite

V Luvira, T Siripoon, D Phiboonbanakit… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Strongyloidiasis is a disease caused by Strongyloides stercoralis and remains a neglected
tropical infection despite significant public health concerns. Challenges in the management …

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 …

Comparison of trials using ivermectin for COVID-19 between regions with high and low prevalence of strongyloidiasis: A meta-analysis

A Bitterman, CP Martins, A Cices… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance A widely cited meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials has claimed ivermectin
as an effective treatment for prevention of mortality in COVID-19. However, an unrecognized …

Efficacy and safety of moxidectin compared with ivermectin against Strongyloides stercoralis infection in adults in Laos and Cambodia: a randomised, double-blind …

VP Sprecher, D Hofmann, V Savathdy… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Infection with the soil-transmitted helminth Strongyloides stercoralis affects up
to 600 million people globally, most of whom live in rural areas with poor sanitation. If …

ECCO topical review on clinicopathological spectrum and differential diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease

R Feakins, J Torres, P Borralho-Nunes… - Journal of Crohn's …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Many diseases can imitate inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] clinically and
pathologically. This review outlines the differential diagnosis of IBD and discusses …

Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 and Strongyloides stercoralis Co-infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

L Ye, GP Taylor, C Rosadas - Frontiers in medicine, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background The distribution of human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) overlaps
with that of Strongyloides stercoralis. Strongyloides stercoralis infection has been reported to …

Soil-transmitted helminthic vaccines: Where are we now?

MTJ Wong, NS Anuar, R Noordin, GJ Tye - Acta tropica, 2023 - Elsevier
It has been tested and proven that vaccination is still the best strategy to combat infectious
diseases. However, to date, there are still no vaccines against human soil-transmitted …

Endemic or regionally limited parasitic and fungal infections in haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation recipients: a Worldwide Network for Blood and Marrow …

IN Muhsen, S Galeano, D Niederwieser… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
There is a scarcity of data on endemic and regionally limited fungal and parasitic infections
in recipients of haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) outside western Europe …

Strongyloides stercoralis prevalence and diagnostics in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic

S Chankongsin, R Wampfler, MT Ruf… - Infectious diseases of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Despite the high prevalence of strongyloidiasis in the Laotian population,
Laotian hospitals still lack diagnostic capacity to appropriately diagnose Strongyloides …

Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 and Strongyloides stercoralis: Partners in Pathogenesis

A Dykie, T Wijesinghe, AB Rabson, K Madugula… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Infection with human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type 1 (HTLV-1) has been associated
with various clinical syndromes including co-infection with Strongyloides stercoralis, which is …