Strongyloidiasis is a deadly worm infecting many Australians, yet hardly anybody has heard of it

Harriet Whiley; Kirstin Ross; Meruyert Beknazarova

Strongyloidiasis is a deadly worm infecting many Australians, yet hardly anybody has heard of it

Harriet Whiley, Kirstin Ross, Meruyert Beknazarova

Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

35 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

We all know about parasites, like tapeworms that can get into our intestines if we eat infected undercooked meat. There are many types of parasitic worms, including flatworms and roundworms, and they can all make humans sick.

But there’s one infection by a parasitic worm that, worldwide, makes more people ill than malaria, and yet hardly anybody has ever heard of it. It’s called strongyloidiasis, and estimates suggest up to 60% of Indigenous Australians in some communities carry the infection...

Original language	English
Number of pages	4
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 5 Sept 2017

Keywords

Parasites
Parasitic worms
Indigenous Australians
Strongyloidiasis

Access to Document

Final published versionFinal published version, 657 KBLicence: CC BY

https://theconversation.com/strongyloidiasis-is-a-deadly-worm-infecting-many-australians-yet-hardly-anybody-has-heard-of-it-81687Licence: CC BY

Cite this

@misc{a6e7dccd1ea84710bd6f0bafc1b2ef27,

title = "Strongyloidiasis is a deadly worm infecting many Australians, yet hardly anybody has heard of it",

abstract = "We all know about parasites, like tapeworms that can get into our intestines if we eat infected undercooked meat. There are many types of parasitic worms, including flatworms and roundworms, and they can all make humans sick.But there{\textquoteright}s one infection by a parasitic worm that, worldwide, makes more people ill than malaria, and yet hardly anybody has ever heard of it. It{\textquoteright}s called strongyloidiasis, and estimates suggest up to 60% of Indigenous Australians in some communities carry the infection...",

keywords = "Parasites, Parasitic worms, Indigenous Australians, Strongyloidiasis",

author = "Harriet Whiley and Kirstin Ross and Meruyert Beknazarova",

year = "2017",

month = sep,

day = "5",

language = "English",

journal = "The Conversation",

issn = "2201-5639",

publisher = "The Conversation Media Group",

}

TY - GEN

T1 - Strongyloidiasis is a deadly worm infecting many Australians, yet hardly anybody has heard of it

AU - Whiley, Harriet

AU - Ross, Kirstin

AU - Beknazarova, Meruyert

PY - 2017/9/5

Y1 - 2017/9/5

N2 - We all know about parasites, like tapeworms that can get into our intestines if we eat infected undercooked meat. There are many types of parasitic worms, including flatworms and roundworms, and they can all make humans sick.But there’s one infection by a parasitic worm that, worldwide, makes more people ill than malaria, and yet hardly anybody has ever heard of it. It’s called strongyloidiasis, and estimates suggest up to 60% of Indigenous Australians in some communities carry the infection...

AB - We all know about parasites, like tapeworms that can get into our intestines if we eat infected undercooked meat. There are many types of parasitic worms, including flatworms and roundworms, and they can all make humans sick.But there’s one infection by a parasitic worm that, worldwide, makes more people ill than malaria, and yet hardly anybody has ever heard of it. It’s called strongyloidiasis, and estimates suggest up to 60% of Indigenous Australians in some communities carry the infection...

KW - Parasites

KW - Parasitic worms

KW - Indigenous Australians

KW - Strongyloidiasis

M3 - Article

SN - 2201-5639

JO - The Conversation

JF - The Conversation

ER -

Strongyloidiasis is a deadly worm infecting many Australians, yet hardly anybody has heard of it

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this