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Título: Surveillance of strongyloidiasis in Spanish inpatients (1998–2014)
Autores/as: Belhassen-García, Moncef
Alonso-Sardón, Montserrat
Martinez-Perez, Angela
Soler, Cristina
Carranza-Rodríguez, Cristina 
Pérez-Arellano, José L. 
Muro, Antonio
Salvador, Fernando
Clasificación UNESCO: 3202 Epidemologia
3212 Salud pública
32 Ciencias médicas
Palabras clave: Strongyloides stercoralis
Enfermedades tropicales
Fecha de publicación: 2017
Publicación seriada: PLoS ONE 
Resumen: Strongyloides stercoralis is a parasite that causes strongyloidiasis, a neglected tropical disease. S. stercoralis is a soil-transmitted helminth that is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Strongyloidiasis can occur without any symptoms or as a chronic infection characterized by mild, unspecific symptoms such as pruritus, abdominal pain or discomfort; respiratory impairment also may manifest as a potentially fatal hyperinfection or disseminated infection. Most studies on strongyloidiasis in Spain have been related to chronic forms in immigrants or travellers from endemic zones and have mainly analysed out-patient populations. Studies of the impact of strongyloidiasis cases admitted to hospitals in Spain are lacking. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyse the impact of strongyloidiasis in hospital care in Spain.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/41625
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189449
Fuente: PLoS ONE [ISSN 1932-6203], v.12 (12), (e0189449)
URL: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85039838376
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