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Strongyloides sp.: Strongyloides stercoralis (Bavay 1876) and Strongyloides fuelleborni (Von Linstow 1905)

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Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode found throughout the tropical and subtropical world. It is also present in certain temperate zones, including North America where it has been reported with a high frequency among Southeast Asian immigrants and in parts of Appalachia.1,3 Dogs and nonhuman primates can harbor Strongyloides, and there have been zoonotic outbreaks of this infection among animal handlers.2 S. stercoralis can exist in a nonparasitic, free-living state in the soil, so there are many potential sources of human infection with this pathogen.

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  1. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, 10032, USA

    Dickson D. Despommier Ph.D. (Professor of Public Health (Parasitology) and Microbiology)

  2. Laboratory of Malaria Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    Robert W. Gwadz Ph.D. (Captain, US Public Health Service, Assistant Chief)

  3. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA

    Peter J. Hotez M.D., Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases), Epidemiology, and Public Health)

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Despommier, D.D., Gwadz, R.W., Hotez, P.J. (1995). Strongyloides sp.: Strongyloides stercoralis (Bavay 1876) and Strongyloides fuelleborni (Von Linstow 1905). In: Parasitic Diseases. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2476-1_5

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