Scientists at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have developed a more precise diagnostic tool to distinguish between two closely related threadworm species, improving the global ...

Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode responsible for strongyloidiasis, a largely neglected tropical disease that affects millions worldwide. Infection typically occurs through skin ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Among the progeny of parasitic females of Strongyloides ransomi, males did not appear in significant numbers until the 7th week of infection ...

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Human strongyloidiasis is endemic throughout much of Africa, Asia, South America and the South Eastern United States. Primary infection involves penetration of the skin by soil-dwelling infectious ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cure rates were comparable for patients with strongyloidiasis treated with either moxidectin (93.6%) or ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The direction of free-living development (homogonic vs. heterogonic) in Strongyloides stercoralis and Strongyloides planiceps was examined by ...

Strongyloides affects up to 40% of foreign-born Canadians and is often asymptomatic. Risk factors for hyperinfection, which is associated with a high risk of death, include use of immunosuppressant ...