Strongyloides stercoralis: 30 percent of Cambodians tested positive in study

Strongyloides stercoralis is a soil-transmitted threadworm that is endemic in many tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Now, researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases have conducted a nation-wide parasitology survey of the Cambodian population and concluded that nearly a third of the studied population is infected with S. stercoralis. The threadworm is transmitted through infected larvae in ["]

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