Seroepidemiology of Strongyloides stercoralis amongst immunocompromised patients in Southwest Iran
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Strongyloides stercoralis in the Immunocompromised Population.
Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode of humans that infects tens of millions of people worldwide. S. stercoralis is unique among intestinal nematodes in its ability to complete its life cycle within the host through an asexual autoinfective cycle, allowing the infection to persist in the host indefinitely. Under some conditions associated with immunocompromise, this autoinfective...
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عنوان ژورنال: Parasite Epidemiology and Control
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2405-6731
DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2016.08.001