| seroepidemiology of strongyloidiasis in the peruvian amazon. | a stool and serosurvey for strongyloides stercoralis was conducted in a community in the peruvian amazon region. strongyloidiasis stercoralis was identified in the stool of 69 (8.7%) of 792 participants. six hundred nine sera were tested using by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa), which had a sensitivity of 92% and a specificity of 94%; 442 (72%) were positive. in multivariable logistic regression models, having s. stercoralis in stool was associated with hookworm in the same specimen ... | 2006 | 16407351 |