Immunodiagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis infections in Chile using an ELISA test Inmunodiagnóstico de las infecciones por Strongyloides stercoralis en Chile utilizando la prueba de ELISA
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Mercado P, Rúben
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Jercic L, María Isabel
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Torres H, Patricio
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Alcayaga U, Sergio
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Martins De Paula, Fabiana
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Costa-Cruz, Julia María
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Ueta, Marlene T.
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2019-01-29T17:52:01Z
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2019-01-29T17:52:01Z
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2002
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Revista Medica de Chile, Volumen 130, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 1358-1364
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00349887
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/163642
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Background: Strongyloides stercoralis is a world wide distributed small intestinal nematode parasite. In immunocompetent individuals S stercoralis can produce asymptomatic infections or a moderate clinical picture of diarrhea, some cases become chronic. In immunocompromised patients, a disseminated-disease may appear, sometimes fatal. In Chile, there is little epidemiological information about S stercoralis infections and appropriate diagnostic techniques are usually not used. Aim: To evaluate the yield of an ELISA test for the diagnosis of strongyloidiasis in Chilean patients. Material and methods: Ten serum samples from patients with S stercoralis infections confirmed by a positive stool examination, 66 samples from individuals with other infections by tissue helminthes (24 toxocariasis, 15 trichinellosis, 11 hydatidosis, 12 fascioliasis and 4 cysticercosis), 13 samples from subjects with autoimmune diseases and 49 samples from apparently healthy individuals with a normal eosinophil
Immunodiagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis infections in Chile using an ELISA test Inmunodiagnóstico de las infecciones por Strongyloides stercoralis en Chile utilizando la prueba de ELISA