Infection by Strongyloides stercoralis in immigrants with Chagas disease: evaluation of eosinophilia as screening method in primary care.

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To evaluate co-infection of Strongyloides stercoralis and Trypanosoma cruzi and to assess eosinophilia as a screening test for the detection of S. stercoralis infection in patients with Chagas disease (CD).

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Trop Med Int Health

Title: Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH

Publisher: Wiley

ISSN (Electronic): 1365-3156

ISSN (Print): 1360-2276

Publication date (Electronic): April 2020

Volume: 25

Issue: 4

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[1 ] Laboratori Clínic Territorial Metropolitana Sud, Catalan Institute of Health, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.

[2 ] Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.

[3 ] Primary Care Center Florida Nord, Catalan Institute of Health, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.

[4 ] Fundació Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina, Barcelona, Spain.

[5 ] Costa de Ponent Research Support Unit, South Metropolitan Primary Care Area Management, Catalan Institute of Health, Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain.

[6 ] Autonoma University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.

[7 ] Advanced Public Health Laboratory, Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Brazil.

[8 ] Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Barcelona, Spain.

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DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13363

PubMed ID: 31845476

SO-VID: 8982ef00-a4ae-4d58-978d-3576f64f3eed

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Keywords: Chagas disease,Espagne,Spain,Strongyloides stercoralis,Trypanosoma cruzi,co-infection,coinfection,eosinophilia,maladie de Chagas,retrospective diagnostic validation,validation diagnostique rétrospective,éosinophilie

Infection by Strongyloides stercoralis in immigrants with Chagas disease: evaluation of eosinophilia as screening method in primary care.

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