ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2011
High prevalence of persistent parasitic infections in foreign-born, HIV-infected persons in the United States.
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- The Global Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Parasitic Coinfection in People Living with Viruses: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
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- Latent Strongyloides stercoralis in an Asymptomatic Male With Chronic Peripheral Eosinophilia.Cureus · 2021Article
- Chagas Disease in People with HIV: A Narrative Review.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2021Review
- Should We Screen HIV-Positive Migrants for Strongyloidiasis?Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Parasitic infections represent a significant health threat among recent immigrants in Chicago.Parasitology research · 2020Article
- Schistosoma and Strongyloides screening in migrants initiating HIV Care in Canada: a cross sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Article
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- Severe Strongyloidiasis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Should We Preventively Treat the Recipient, the Donor, or Both?The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2018Article
- Coinfections between Persistent Parasitic Neglected Tropical Diseases and Viral Infections among Prisoners from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.Journal of tropical medicine · 2018Article
- Strongyloides Stercoralis Infection Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Infected Patients in the United States of America: A Case Report and Review of Literature.The American journal of case reports · 2017Review
- Diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis by morphological characteristics combine with molecular biological methods.Parasitology research · 2017Article
- Strongyloidiasis: A Disease of Socioeconomic Disadvantage.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Review
- Prevalence of chronic infections and susceptibility to measles and varicella-zoster virus in Latin American immigrants.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2016Article
- Eosinophilia in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2015Review
- Donor-derived Strongyloides stercoralis infection in solid organ transplant recipients in the United States, 2009-2013.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2015Article
- Seroprevalence of Schistosomiasis and Strongyloides infection in HIV-infected patients from endemic areas attending a European infectious diseases clinic.AIDS research and therapy · 2013Article
- Should we look for Strongyloides stercoralis in foreign-born HIV-infected persons?Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2013Article
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backgroundForeign-born, HIV-infected persons are at risk for sub-clinical parasitic infections acquired in their countries of origin. The long-term consequences of co-infections can be severe, yet few data exist on parasitic infection prevalence in this population. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL
findingsThis cross-sectional study evaluated 128 foreign-born persons at one HIV clinic. We performed stool studies and serologic testing for strongyloidiasis, schistosomiasis, filarial infection, and Chagas disease based on the patient's country of birth. Eosinophilia and symptoms were examined as predictors of helminthic infection. Of the 128 participants, 86 (67%) were male, and the median age was 40 years; 70 were Mexican/Latin American, 40 African, and 18 from other countries or regions. Strongyloides stercoralis antibodies were detected in 33/128 (26%) individuals. Of the 52 persons from schistosomiasis-endemic countries, 15 (29%) had antibodies to schistosome antigens; 7 (47%) had antibodies to S. haematobium, 5 (33%) to S. mansoni, and 3 (20%) to both species. Stool ova and parasite studies detected helminths in 5/85 (6%) persons. None of the patients tested had evidence of Chagas disease (n = 77) or filarial infection (n = 52). Eosinophilia >400 cells/mm(3) was associated with a positive schistosome antibody test (OR 4.5, 95% CI 1.1-19.0). The only symptom significantly associated with strongyloidiasis was weight loss (OR 3.1, 95% CI 1.4-7.2). CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Given the high prevalence of certain helminths and the potential lack of suggestive symptoms and signs, selected screening for strongyloidiasis and schistosomiasis or use of empiric antiparasitic therapy may be appropriate among foreign-born, HIV-infected patients. Identifying and treating helminth infections could prevent long-term complications.
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