Epidemiology of Strongyloides stercoralis on Mekong islands in southern Laos》.pdf

Acta Tropica 141 (2015) 289–294 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Acta Tropica j o u rn al h omepage: w w w. elsev /locate/actatropica Epidemiology of Strongyloides stercoralis on Mekong islands in southern Laos Youthanavanh Vonghachack a,b,c , Somphou Sayasone d , Dalouny Bouakhasith a , Keoka Taisayavong e , Kongsap Akkavong d , Peter Odermatt b,c,∗ a Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Vientiane Capital, Lao People’s Democratic Republic b Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, P.O. Box, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland c University of Basel, P.O. Box, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland d National Institute of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Vientiane Capital, Lao People’s Democratic Republic e Malaria Station in Champasack Province, Ministry of Health, Pakse, Lao People’s Democratic Republic a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Strongyloides stercoralis is a neglected helminth infection potentially that can lead to systemic infection in Available online 5 October 2014 immunocompromised individuals. In Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR, Laos), information on S. stercoralis infection is scarce. We assessed S. stercoralis infection and associated risk factors and symptoms Keywords: on the Mekong islands in Southern Laos. Baermann and Kato-Katz techniques were performed on two Strongyloides stercoralis stool samples from each individual to detect S. stercoralis larvae and concomitant helminth infections. Epidemiology