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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

Strongyloides was first discovered in 1876 by the French physician Louis Alexis Normand while working 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 stool. In 1883, the German parasitologist Rudolf Leuckart made initial observations on the life cycle of parasite. Belgian physician Paul Van Durme described the mode of infection through the skin. The German parasitologist, Friedrich Fülleborn described autoinfection and the mechanism by which strongyloidiasis involves the intestine. Strongyloidiasis was investigated further during the 1940s, as persons who had acquired the infection abroad and then received immunosuppression developed hyper-infestation 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 Strongyloides.
  • In 1883, Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart, a German parasitologist, discovered the alternation of generations involving parasitic and free-living phases.
  • The discovery that infection occurred through the skin was made by 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

  1. 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.


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