Strongyloidiasis in humans: diagnostic efficacy of four conventional methods and real-time polymerase chain reaction

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Laura Francisca Campo-Polanco, José Mauricio Hernández Sarmiento, Miguel Antonio Mesa, Carlos Jaime Velásquez Franco, Lucelly López, Luz Elena Botero, Lina Andrea Gutiérrez Builes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
• Subjects: Strongyloides stercoralis; Intestinal diseases; Helminthology; Molecular diagnostic techniques; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Ritchie
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0055-2018; https://doaj.org/article/fb01a4fa05bf4246b1c2e8f08575ab42

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal parasitic nematode that causes hyperinfection and/or a dissemination syndrome in hosts, which is often difficult to diagnose. This study aims to compare the diagnostic efficacy of four conventional methods used to diagnose strongyloid...