ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2020
The Global Prevalence of
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247 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis infection among African children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Pooled it
- IvermectinParasitology · 2024Pooled 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
- Strongyloides stercoralis infection in the UK: A systematic review and meta-analysis of published cases.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of ivermectin mass drug administration in the control of soil-transmitted helminth infections in endemic populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence of Strongyloides in Southeast Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis with implications for public health and sustainable control strategies.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of preventive chemotherapy on Strongyloides stercoralis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Pooled it
- Assessing the burden of COVID-19 in developing countries: systematic review, meta-analysis and public policy implications.BMJ global health · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of mass drug administration with ivermectin, diethylcarbamazine, and albendazole for lymphatic filariasis on hookworm and Strongyloides stercoralis infections in Papua New Guinea.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Trial
- Evaluation of the SsIR/NIE recombinant antigen ELISA for the follow up of patients infected byParasitology · 2024Trial
- Diagnostic Accuracy of a Novel Chemiluminescent Immunoassay forDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Serodiagnosis of Human Strongyloidiasis in Brazil and Peru Using Strongyloides venezuelensis Antigens: A Comparative Study in Endemic Settings.Parasite immunology · 2026Article
- Strongyloidiasis in primary care: Challenges in the diagnosis and management of a neglected infection.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2026Article
- Hunting for Helminths: short- and long-read shotgun metagenomics for helminth detection in faecal samples.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Circulating Leukocytes and Antibody Isotype Reactivity in Rats Experimentally Infected with Different Burdens ofTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026Article
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- Strongyloidiasis Diagnosed by ELISA in Brussels: A Bicentric Retrospective Study.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of a commercial ELISA based on two recombinant antigens for the diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis infection.Parasites & vectors · 2026Article
- Investigation of Donor-Transmitted Strongyloides stercoralis Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, United States, 2012-2024.Emerging infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Words and Worms: The Nosology of Strongyloidiasis.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2026Review
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Abstract
Strongyloidiasis is a common neglected tropical disease in tropical and sub-tropical climatic zones. At the worldwide level, there is high uncertainty about the strongyloidiasis burden. This uncertainty represents an important knowledge gap since it affects the planning of interventions to reduce the burden of strongyloidiasis in endemic countries. This study aimed to estimate the global strongyloidiasis prevalence. A literature review was performed to obtain prevalence data from endemic countries at a worldwide level from 1990 to 2016. For each study, the true population prevalence was calculated by accounting for the specificity and the sensitivity of testing and age of tested individuals. Prediction of strongyloidiasis prevalence for each country was performed using a spatiotemporal statistical modeling approach. The country prevalence obtained from the model was used to estimate the number of infected people per country. We estimate the global prevalence of strongyloidiasis in 2017 to be 8.1% (95% CI: 4.2-12.4%), corresponding to 613.9 (95% CI: 313.1-910.1) million people infected. The South-East Asia, African, and Western Pacific Regions accounted for 76.1% of the global infections. Our results could be used to identify those countries in which strongyloidiasis prevalence is highest and where mass drug administration (MDA) should be deployed for its prevention and control.
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