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. 2007 May 23:1–15. doi: 10.1895/wormbook.1.141.1

Strongyloides spp.

Mark E Viney, James B Lok
PMCID: PMC3091011  NIHMSID: NIHMS288034  PMID: 18050491

Abstract

Strongyloides is a genus of parasitic nematodes, which, unusually, has a free-living adult generation. Here we introduce the biology of this genus, especially the fascinating, but complex, life-cycle together with an overview of the taxonomy, morphology, genetics and genomics of this genus.


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