Simply wearing footwear could interrupt transmission of Strongyloides stercoralis

Durrheim, David (2013) Simply wearing footwear could interrupt transmission of Strongyloides stercoralis. British Medical Journal, 347. p. 5219.

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Abstract

[Extract] Greaves and colleagues provide a valuable overview of the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and current approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of Strongyloides stercoralis infection 1. Inexplicably they do not mention the measures needed to interrupt the transmission cycle by ensuring that faeces are disposed of safely. Possibly this is the result of embarrassment at our tardy global progress towards meeting the sanitation component of millennium development goal number 7.

Item ID: 32172
Item Type: Article (Other)
ISSN: 1756-1833
Keywords: strongyloides; transmission; infection
Date Deposited: 22 May 2014 00:06
FoR Codes: 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified @ 100%
SEO Codes: 92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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