A case of the Mazzotti reaction has been reported after presumptive treatment of schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis with ivermectin, praziquantel and albendazole.
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It is pathognomonic for autoinfective larvae and can be used as a diagnostic criterion for strongyloidiasis due to " S . stercoralis ".
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Treatment of strongyloidiasis can be difficult and " Strongyloides " has been known to live in individuals for decades; even after treatment.
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Because strongyloidiasis is transmittable by textiles, such as bedclothes and clothing, care must be taken never to use hotel bed sheets in endemic areas.
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A related dihydroxy avermectin B1 compound, ivermectin, is utilized orally in humans as an acaricide and insecticide for the treatment of strongyloidiasis and onchocerciasis.
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Today, the countries of the old Indochina ( Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos ) still have endemic strongyloidiasis, with the typical prevalences being 10 % or less.
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The University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica, has investigated the use of enyngial as a treatment for human " Strongyloides stercoralis " infection ( strongyloidiasis ).
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In addition to direct environmental damage, coypus are the host for a nematode parasite ( " Strongyloides myopotami " ) that can infect the skin of humans, causing dermatitis similar to strongyloidiasis.
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It is mainly used in humans in the treatment of onchocerciasis ( river blindness ), but is also effective against other worm infestations ( such as strongyloidiasis, ascariasis, trichuriasis, filariasis and enterobiasis ), and some epidermal parasitic skin diseases, including scabies.
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Human infection, "'strongyloidiasis "', is chiefly caused by " Strongyloides stercoralis ", widespread in all tropical regions, or by " Strongyloides fuelleborni ", a parasite of primates in African and Asian tropics and of humans in African tropics and New Guinea.
