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Prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis antibodies among a rural Appalachian population--Kentucky, 2013
- Source :
- The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 91(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- We investigated whether Strongyloides infection remains endemic in rural Kentucky's Appalachian regions; 7 of 378 (1.9%) participants tested positive for Strongyloides antibodies. We identified no statistically significant association between a positive test and travel to a known endemic country (P = 0.58), indicating that transmission in rural Kentucky might be ongoing.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Rural Population
Veterinary medicine
Adolescent
Population
Antibodies, Helminth
Kentucky
Strongyloides stercoralis
Young Adult
Strongyloides infection
Virology
Prevalence
Medicine
Animals
Humans
Positive test
education
Child
Aged
education.field_of_study
biology
Transmission (medicine)
business.industry
Articles
Middle Aged
biology.organism_classification
Infectious Diseases
Cross-Sectional Studies
Child, Preschool
Strongyloides
biology.protein
Strongyloidiasis
Parasitology
Female
Antibody
business
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14761645
- Volume :
- 91
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9f5187534a84c09fff6c0cfc76024995