The #Strongyloides spp. can migrate through the host and continue their cycle within the body, thus, Strongyloides spp. infection can last for decades if untreated. https://www.nature.c

New Parasite of the Month alert! #Strongyloides #fuelleborni, the causative agent of one of the most neglected #helminth infections of humans, authored by Huan Zhao @drcatherinegordon.bsky.social‬ & Richard Bradbury. @jcuofficial.bsky.social‬ ‪@qimrb.bsky.social

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#Parasites: Intestinal #Roundworms (#Nematodes) #pinworm #whipworm #Ascaris #hookworm #strongyloides #parasitology
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Man’s health crashes after getting donated kidney—it was riddled with worms https://arstechni.ca #MassachusettsGeneralHospital #Strongyloidesstercoralis #parasiticworms #strongyloides #infection #Health #NEJM

It feels like ages ago that the 2nd strongyloides meeting in Würzburg started 🪱 time is flying when you hear great science and it is not over yet! 🧪
#strongyloides #parasites #helminths

Drs Desiree Goetting & @jameslightfoot.bsky.social highlight Elissa Hallem & colleagues’ @currentbiology.bsky.social article on gas-propelled navigation: #CO2 prompts #parasitic #worm #behavior. #Strongyloides #stercoralis #Nematode #Chemosensory @mpinb.mpg.de

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#strongyloides hyperinfection & disseminated: ivermectin drug of choice (albendazole 2nd line)
duration & route of tx individualized w/ endpoint being complete eradication of parasite
No test of cure although IgG shown to decline w/in 6mo of successful tx & DNA-based dx promising future

periumbilical thumbprint parasitic purpura (PTPP) sign of strongyloidiasis is seen in more advanced stages of #Strongyloides infection & represents a poor prognostic sign for patient. Purpura is caused by dermal migration of filariform larvae thru vessel walls or large bowel wall #idsky

Un estudio conjunto de la Universidad de #Salamanca,#USAL, y el Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca, #IBSAL, revela que ciertos colorantes, como el azul de metileno y la fucsina, pueden eliminar el parásito intestinal #Strongyloides, causante de 3estrongiloidiasis.