10 research outputs found
Development and usefulness of an immunochromatographic device to detect antibodies for rapid diagnosis of human gnathostomiasis
Get PDFMolecular Markers for Detection and Differentiation of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in Human Blood Samples by Pyrosequencing
No full textDetrimental Effect of Water Submersion of Stools on Development of Strongyloides stercoralis
No full textComparative evaluation of Strongyloides ratti and S. stercoralis larval antigen for diagnosis of strongyloidiasis in an endemic area of opisthorchiasis
No full textDiagnostic performance of urinary IgG antibody detection: A novel approach for population screening of strongyloidiasis
No full textMethod Development of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Approaches for Nondestructive and Rapid Estimation of Total Protein in Brown Rice Flour
No full textImproved PCR-Based Detection of Soil Transmitted Helminth Infections Using a Next-Generation Sequencing Approach to Assay Design
No full textDiagnostic comparison of Baermann funnel, Koga agar plate culture and polymerase chain reaction for detection of human Strongyloides stercoralis infection in Maluku, Indonesia
No full textStrongyloides stercoralis and Strongyloidosis
No full textStrongyloidosis is a chronic, soil-transmitted, intestinal parasitic disease.
Strongyloides stercoralis is a roundworm and the main causative agent of this
disease. S. stercoralis has a unique life cycle, which consists of direct (homogonic)
development and indirect (heterogonic) development. Parasitic adult females produce
both sexes of the next generation parthenogenetically. Female larvae can
choose the direct or indirect development depending on various environmental
conditions. Autoinfection is one of the characteristic features of this parasite,
which causes hyperinfection and disseminated infection. Strongyloidosis occurs
mostly in humid tropics and subtropics of more than 70 countries, affecting people
between 30 million and 100 million or higher. However, the precise number is not
known up to the present, because of difficulties in diagnosis. Even in highly
developed countries, like the USA, serious problems have been caused by transmission
of S. stercoralis through organ transplantation. We describe the current
status of strongyloidosis with special reference to biology, epidemiology, immunology,
and vaccine development
