Publication: Screening for Schistosoma mansoni and Strongyloides stercoralis Infection Among Brazilian Immigrants in the United States
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2015
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Rapoport, Alison B., Danny McCormick, and Pieter A. Cohen. 2015. “Screening for Schistosoma mansoni and Strongyloides stercoralis Infection Among Brazilian Immigrants in the United States.” Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2 (1): ofv003. doi:10.1093/ofid/ofv003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv003.
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The prevalence of schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis among Brazilian immigrants in the United States is unknown. We performed a retrospective chart review of serologic screening of asymptomatic Brazilian immigrants during routine physicals. Of 208 eligible patients, 189 were screened: 27.7% (n = 52) had elevated Schistosoma antibodies and 5.8% (n = 11) had elevated Strongyloides stercoralis antibodies.
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immigrant health, infectious disease, schistosomiasis, screening, strongyloidiasis
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