HIGH PREVALENCE OF STRONGYLOIDIASIS IN SPAIN: A HOSPITAL-BASED STUDY
A. Requena-Mendez, J. Salas-Coronas, F. Salvador, J. Gomez-Junyent, J. Villar-Garcia, M. Santin, C. Munoz, A. Gonzalez-Cordon, M. T. Cabezas-Fernandez, E. Sulleiro, M. d. M. Arenas, D. Somoza, J. Vazquez-Villegas, B. Trevino, E. Rodriguez, , Philip Wikman, Manuel Jesus Soriano-Perez, Ana Belen Lozano, Guillermos Girones
This study reports a 9.04% seroprevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis in migrant populations in Spain, with higher rates in Africa and Latin America and lower rates in Asian and East European populations.
bioRxiv · Nov 22, 2019Microbiology