Parasitic Worm Strongyloides Stercoralis Is Endemic In Southern Yunnan Province, China
Oct 31st 2007Drug InformationDermatology
In their study of a random sample of villagers in the southern part of Yunnan province, China, Peter Steinmann (Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland) and colleagues in China and Switzerland found that 11.7% of the sampled population was infected with S. stercoralis. This neglected soil-transmitted worm infects humans through the skin; in healthy people the illness is usually mild, but in people with weakened immune systems the disease can be fatal. [click link for full article]
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