Strongyloides stercoralis prevalence and diagnostics in Vientiane, Lao People ’s Democratic Republic

ConclusionsWe identified Baermann technique and KAPC to be currently the most feasible and implementable standard methods for diagnosingS. stercoralis at a hospital setting such as Mahosot Hospital and provincial and district hospitals in Lao PDR and other low- and middle income countries in Southeast Asia.Trial registrationThis study was approved by the National Ethics Committee for Health Research in Lao PDR (reference no. 083/NECHR) and by the Ethics Committee Northwest and Central Switzerland (reference no. 2018 –00594).
Source: Infectious Diseases of Poverty - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research