USC researchers have found evidence of threadworm (Strongyloides stercoralis) in South Carolina in two different studies. Their research, which was published in The American Journal of Tropical ...

Globally, over 600 million people are infected with the skin-penetrating threadworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, mostly in tropical and subtropical regions with poor sanitation infrastructure.

Threadworm infection can often go unnoticed because there are often no symptoms of the condition. This makes treating the condition and eradicating the worms more difficult, as people can unknowingly ...

Explore the mysteries of Strongyloides stercoralis infection, a long-term parasite hiding in the body for decades. The parasite Strongyloides stercoralis, otherwise known as threadworm due to its ...

Whole villages in southern Mexico are threatened with mass blindness as an obscure disease sweeps the tropical, coffee-growing state of Chiapas. Thus far Government sanitary brigades have only sized ...

In both spring and fall, 12 Duroc, 12 Hampshire, and 12 Duroc x Hampshire F 1 weanling pigs all reared under the same management were fed in pens of 3 to slaughter weights. Three Duroc and 4 Hampshire ...

Threadworms, which are a type of parasitic nematode, spend a lot of time crawling around on human skin, poking and prodding to find the best place for entry before burrowing in. But disrupting a ...