Title
Seroepidemiology of strongyloidiasis in the Peruvian Amazon
Date Issued
01 January 2006
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Yori P.P.
Cordova J.
Bern C.
Montalvan C.
Worthen B.
Worthen J.
Leung F.
Ore C.V.
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Publisher(s)
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Abstract
A stool and serosurvey for Strongyloides stercoralis was conducted in a community in the Peruvian Amazon region. Strongyloidiasis stercoralis was identified in the stool of 69 (8.7%) of 792 participants. Six hundred nine sera were tested using by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), which had a sensitivity of 92% and a specificity of 94%; 442 (72%) were positive. In multivariable logistic regression models, having S. stercoralis in stool was associated with hookworm in the same specimen (odds ratio [OR] = 4.44, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.02-9.79), occasionally or never wearing shoes (OR = 1.89, 95% CI = 1.10-3.27), and increasing age (OR = 1.012 for each one-year increase, 95% CI = 1.00-1.03). Similarly, occasionally or never wearing shoes (OR = 1.54, 95% CI = 1.01-2.37) and increasing age (OR = 1.04 for each one-year increase, 95% CI = 1.02-1.06) were associated with an increased risk of a positive S. stercoralis ELISA result. The ELISA had a negative predictive value of 98% and is an excellent screening test for strongyloidiasis. Copyright © 2006 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Start page
97
End page
102
Volume
74
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Parasitología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-33646007028
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISSN of the container
00029637
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