چکیده (انگلیسی):

As a part of the lymphatic filariasis (LF) transmission assessment survey (TAS)/soil-transmitted
helminths (STH) prevalence survey in Western Division of Fiji, a pilot screen for Strongyloides
stercoralis (SS) in school children was undertaken using a combination of the Baermann concentration
(BC) method and real-time PCR assays.
Using BC, faecal samples collected from 111 children of 7 schools were examined. A single child
was positive for larvae of SS and underwent a clinical examination finding an asymptomatic infection.
Other members of this child's household were screened with BC, finding none infected.
Aliquots of 173 faecal samples preserved in ethanol originating from all schools were examined
by real-time PCR, and the prevalence of SS infection was 3.5%.
Our study confirms the existence of SS infection on Fiji and showed that assessing SS prevalence
alongside TAS/STH survey is a convenient access platform, allowing introduction of
other surveillance techniques such as BC and real-time PCR.
© 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of World Federation of Parasitologists.
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(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).