Strongyloides Fülleborni Infections in Man in Zambia

P. R. HiraSchool of Medicine, University of Zambia, P.O. Box RW 110, Lusaka, Zambia

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B. G. PatelSchool of Medicine, University of Zambia, P.O. Box RW 110, Lusaka, Zambia

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Rhabditiform larvae, and in two cases eggs, of Strongyloides spp. identified in the stools of Zambian patients were cultured to the free-living adult stage. Free-living adults of S. fülleborni, a parasite common in primates in Africa and Asia, were present in cultures from 13 (9.9%) of 131 cases of stronglyoidiasis. In three of these cases, both S. fülleborni and S. stercoralis free-living adults were found.

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