Prevalence of strongyloidiasis in Latin America: a systematic review of the literature
| Autor: | Chiara Pandolfini, Marco ALBONICO, Maurizio Bonati, Maria Roura, ANA REQUENA MENDEZ, Federico Gobbi, Ivette Fernández, Zeno Bisoffi, Francesca Severino, Jose Muñoz Gutierrez, Alessandra Nicoletti, Elisa Bruno |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Diagnostic methods Latin Americans Epidemiology prevalence review Review Article purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.09 [https] Strongyloides stercoralis Strongyloides stercoralis/isolation & purification Feces systematic review Environmental health parasitic diseases medicine Prevalence Animals Humans High prevalence biology Latin America/epidemiology Public health Strongyloidiasis Latin America Feces/parasitology biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Geography Strongyloidiasis/epidemiology |
| Zdroj: | Epidemiol Infect |
| Popis: | SUMMARYStrongyloides stercoralis is rarely recognized as a major public health issue, probably because its burden is largely underestimated. We reviewed the literature (both PubMed and ‘grey’ literature) about the prevalence of strongyloidiasis in Latin America, an area of presumable high endemicity. There were finally 88 papers involved in the analysis, covering the period between 1981 and 2011. Studies were heterogeneous in several aspects, such as the populations screened and the diagnostic methods used. Most of the studies relied on direct coproparasitological examination, which has low sensitivity for the detection of S. stercoralis larvae. The following countries presented areas of high prevalence (>20%): Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil. Globally, for most of the included countries it was not possible to define reliable data because of paucity and/or inadequacy of studies. S. stercoralis requires specific diagnostic methods for its detection; therefore, surveys should be specifically designed in order to avoid underestimation of the infection. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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