Strongyloides
When global policymakers address the health and economic impact of the soil-transmitted helminth infections, they generally refer to the "unholy trinity" of ascariasis, hookworm infection, and trichuriasis. However, increasing information suggests that strongyloidiasis is an important fourth soil-transmitted helminthiasis. There are many reasons for the global neglect of strongyloidiasis, not the least of which is the inconvenient truth that there are little or no global burden of disease data for this infection, nor even any accurate accounting for the actual number of people infected. We also know very little about the true geographic distribution of strongyloidiasis. This special collection will help to highlight this somewhat mysterious yet very important neglected tropical disease, its enormous potential global impact on human health, and the urgent need for basic and applied research.
Image Credit: Maria Gobbo, Centre for Tropical Diseases Verona, Italy
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Strongyloides stercoralis: A Plea for Action
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Is Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection a Risk Factor for Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection and Dissemination
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A Public Health Response against Strongyloides stercoralis: Time to Look at Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Full
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Strongyloides stercoralis: Global Distribution and Risk Factors
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Diagnosis, Treatment and Risk Factors of Strongyloides stercoralis in Schoolchildren in Cambodia
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases RNAseq Analysis of the Parasitic Nematode Strongyloides stercoralis Reveals Divergent Regulation of Canonical Dauer Pathways
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The Transcriptome Analysis of Strongyloides stercoralis L3i Larvae Reveals Targets for Intervention in a Neglected Disease
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Microarray-Based Analysis of Differential Gene Expression between Infective and Noninfective Larvae of Strongyloides stercoralis
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A Coproantigen Diagnostic Test for Strongyloides Infection
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Strongyloides ratti: In Vitro and In Vivo Activity of Tribendimidine
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Occurrence of Strongyloides stercoralis in Yunnan Province, China, and Comparison of Diagnostic Methods