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Prevalence of strongyloidiasis in Latin America: A systematic review of the literature

Epidemiology and Infection, ISSN: 1469-4409, Vol: 143, Issue: 3, Page: 452-460
2015
  • 67
    Citations
  • 0
    Usage
  • 113
    Captures
  • 0
    Mentions
  • 0
    Social Media
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  • Citations
    67
    • Citation Indexes
      64
    • Policy Citations
      2
      • Policy Citation
        2
    • Clinical Citations
      1
      • PubMed Guidelines
        1
  • Captures
    113

Review Description

Strongyloides stercoralis is rarely recognized as a major public health issue, probably because its burden is largely underestimated. We reviewed the literature (both PubMed and 'grey' literature) about the prevalence of strongyloidiasis in Latin America, an area of presumable high endemicity. There were finally 88 papers involved in the analysis, covering the period between 1981 and 2011. Studies were heterogeneous in several aspects, such as the populations screened and the diagnostic methods used. Most of the studies relied on direct coproparasitological examination, which has low sensitivity for the detection of S. stercoralis larvae. The following countries presented areas of high prevalence (>20%): Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil. Globally, for most of the included countries it was not possible to define reliable data because of paucity and/or inadequacy of studies. S. stercoralis requires specific diagnostic methods for its detection; therefore, surveys should be specifically designed in order to avoid underestimation of the infection.

Bibliographic Details

D. Buonfrate; A. Angheben; F. Gobbi; M. Albonico; Zeno Bisoffi; M. A. Mena; E. Gotuzzo; A. Requena-Mendez; J. Munõz; Dora Buonfrate; Maria Alejandra Mena; Andrea Angheben; Marco Albonico; Eduardo Gotuzzo; Maurizio Bonati; Francesca Severino; Valeria Confalonieri; Chiara Pandolfini; Alessandro Bartoloni; Marianne Strohmeyer; Lorenzo Zammarchi; Jose Muñoz; Robert Pool; Ana Requeña; Maria Roura; Anita Hardon; Christopher Pell; Peter Chiodini; Juan Moreira; Roberto Sempértegui; Mariella Anselmi; Hector H. Garcia; Javier Bustos; Saul Santiva; Faustino Torrico; Daniel Lozano; Guido Chumiray Rojas; Teresa Hinojosa Cabrera; Javier Ochoa Morón; Ignacio Abapori Cuellar; Jaime Amorós Suarez; Gianni Tognoni; Alessandra Nicoletti; Elisa Bruno

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Medicine

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