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Strongyloides-Infected Patients at Charleston Area Medical Center, West Virginia, 1997–1998

Lynn W. Kitchen, Kevin K. Tu, Fred T. Kerns

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2000 · 22 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

Twenty Strongyloides-infected patients were diagnosed at West Virginia's Charleston Area Medical Center in 1997 and 1998. We recommend that strongyloidiasis, which can be fatal, be a reportable disease in West Virginia.

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