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Multicenter Study
. 2009 Sep;15(9):1531-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1509.090191.

Reemergence of strongyloidiasis, northern Italy

Fabrizio F Abrescia, Alessandra Falda, Giacomo Caramaschi, Alfredo Scalzini, Federico Gobbi, Andrea Angheben, Maria Gobbo, Renzo Schiavon, Pierangelo Rovere, Zeno Bisoffi
Multicenter Study

Reemergence of strongyloidiasis, northern Italy

Fabrizio F Abrescia et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Sep.
No abstract available

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Adult female of Strongyloides stercoralis collected in bronchial fluid of a patient with disseminated disease. Scale bar = 400 µm.
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