Intestinal strongyloidiasis and hyperinfection syndrome
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Intestinal strongyloidiasis and hyperinfection syndrome
In spite of recent advances with experiments on animal models, strongyloidiasis, an infection caused by the nematode parasite Strongyloides stercoralis, has still been an elusive disease. Though endemic in some developing countries, strongyloidiasis still poses a threat to the developed world. Due to the peculiar but characteristic features of autoinfection, hyperinfection syndrome involving on...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Molecular Allergy
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1476-7961
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7961-4-8