Should We Screen HIV-Positive Migrants for Strongyloidiasis?

Caroline TheunissenEmmanuel BottieauMarjan Van EsbroeckAchilleas TsoumanisFlorence Eric

Published in: Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) (2020)

Strongyloidiasis was diagnosed in 5.1% of HIV-infected migrants. Eosinophilia had good confirming power for the presence of the disease. However, a sizeable proportion (22%) of co-infected individuals were asymptomatic and had normal eosinophil count, supporting universal screening of all HIV-positive patients native to tropical countries.

Keyphrases

hiv positive
antiretroviral therapy
hiv infected
men who have sex with men
south africa
human immunodeficiency virus
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
climate change
peritoneal dialysis
peripheral blood
patient reported