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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
The disease was first recognized in 1876 by the French physician Louis Alexis Normand, who worked in the naval hospital in Toulon. He identified the adult worms and sent them to Arthur Réné Jean Baptiste Bavay, chief health inspector, who observed that the worms were the adult forms of the larvae found in the stool. In 1883, the German parasitologist Rudolf Leuckart made initial observations on the life cycle of the parasite. Belgian physician Paul Van Durme, based on observations by the Arthur Looss, described the mode of infection through the skin. The German parasitologist Friedrich Fülleborn described autoinfection and the way by which strongyloidiasis involves the intestine. Interest in the condition increased in the 1940s when it was discovered that those who had acquired the infection abroad and then received immunosuppression developed hyperinfestation syndrome.[1]
Historical Perspective
- In 1876, Louis Alexis Normand, a French physician discovered strongyloides for the first time.
- Later in the same year, Professor Arthur Réné Jean Baptiste Bavay at the French Conseil Supérieur de Santé, gave a detailed description of the worm.
- In 1883, Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart German parasitologist discovered the alternation of generations involving parasitic and free-living phases.
- The discovery that infection occurred through the skin was made by a Belgian physician, Paul Van Durme, whose studies were based on the work of Arthur Looss.
- The German parasitologist Friedrich Fülleborn described autoinfection and the way by which strongyloidiasis involves the intestine.
- In 1940, detailed studies on disseminated infections of strongyloides in immunosuppressed patients were described.
References
- ↑ Cox FE. "History of Human Parasitology". Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 15 (4): 595–612. doi:10.1128/CMR.15.4.595-612.2002. PMC 126866. PMID 12364371.