Asymptomatic in up to 60% of those infected
Nonspecific GI complaints are most common presentation
Weight loss, diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting
Weight loss, diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting
Larva currens: rapidly progressive pruritic linear eruption due to migration of larvae
Perianal pruritus
Foot pruritus (“ground itch”)
Dry cough
Wheezing
Loeffler’s-like syndrome: fever, shortness of breath, wheezing, pulmonary infiltrates
Respiratory and systemic symptoms such as fever will be more common
Disseminated disease will invade multiple organ systems, including liver and brain
Strongyloides stercoralis
Inflammatory bowel disease
Ascaris lumbricoides
Schistosomiasis
Trichuris trichiura
Filariasis
Taenia saginata
Hookworm