Strongyloides-Infected Patients at Charleston Area Medical Center, West Virginia, 1997–1998
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- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 31 (3) , e5-e6
- https://doi.org/10.1086/314022
Abstract
Twenty Strongyloides-infected patients were diagnosed at West Virginia's Charleston Area Medical Center in 1997 and 1998. We recommend that strongyloidiasis, which can be fatal, be a reportable disease in West Virginia.Keywords
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