Age-prevalence profile and household clustering of cases of strongyloides infection at endemic foci at Jamaica - abstract
West Indian med. j
; West Indian med. j;43(suppl.1): 20, Apr. 1994.
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ABSTRACT
Strongyloides sterocalis infections were examined in families of clinical cases and also in those of their most proximal neighbours. Thirteen clinical cases in Kingston, Jamaica led to the identification of thirteen endemic foci. In addition to the clinical cases, 299 persons were contacted using questionnaires, stool examination and serology. Two hundred and thirty-one persons were fully compliant. The stool prevalence of S.sterocalis was 3.5 percent, while that based on ELISA was 24.2 percent (not including the 13 clinical cases). Both estimates of infection prevalence were significantly higher in the households of the clinical cases compared with the neighbours. The clinical cases were significantly older than the general study population. Furthermore, prevalence was highest among persons who shared a bedroom with a clinical case and decreased with spatial separation. These data strongly suggest that human strongyloides is a close-contact infection. This is likely to be facilitated by the direct phase of the parasite's life cycle and has significant implications for control of infections in endemic areas (AU)_
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Estrongiloidíase
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Strongyloides stercoralis
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe ingles
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Jamaica
Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Ano de publicação:
1994
Tipo de documento:
Article
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Congress and conference