Strongyloides stercoralis

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Epidemiology

  • free-living cycle of development in soil
  • rhabditiform larvae passed in feces may transform into infectious filariform larvae either directly or after a free living phase in the soil
  • distributed in tropical, humid regions, especially south- east Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Carribean & Brazil
  • in the USA, it is endemic in parts of the south
  • humans & dogs may serve as definitive hosts

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References

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