ArticleTropical medicine and health2018
Prevalence and associated risk factors of
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Systematic Review of Strongyloides stercoralis Infection Diagnosis in Southeast Asia: Insights from Parasitological, Molecular, and Serological Approaches.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Pooled it
- Expanded molecular evidence of soil-transmitted helminth and Schistosoma spp. infections in Myanmar schoolchildren: A qPCR update.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Strongyloides stercoralis prevalence and diagnostic efficacy of an IgG4 rapid test in an eosinophilic population in Khuzestan Province, southwestern Iran.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Prevalence and determinants of Soil-Transmitted Helminths among urban vegetable farmers in Ghana.PloS one · 2025Article
- Progress towards the implementation of control programmes for strongyloidiasis in endemic areas: estimation of number of adults in need of ivermectin for strongyloidiasis.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Human strongyloidiasis: complexities and pathways forward.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2023Review
- Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of strongyloidiasis in indigenous communities and healthcare professionals from Brazil.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis infection and associated clinical symptoms among schoolchildren living in different altitudes of Amhara National Regional State, northwest Ethiopia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundStrongyloidiasis is prevalent in Southeast Asian regions along with other soil-transmitted helminthiases, but only limited present-day data was available for Myanmar.
methodsA prevalence survey for
results
conclusionsThis study showed that there is still an on-going transmission of strongyloidiasis in Lower Myanmar. It is highly desirable that the soil should be free of fecal contamination by improving the management of fecal waste. Meanwhile, health education to promote shoe-wearing would be beneficial to reduce the risk of transmission, especially for those who have frequent and intense contact with soil.
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