Table 1. Frequency of strongyloidiasis cases diagnosed at the Servicio de Parasitología, Departamento de Laboratorio Clínico, Hospital Escuela, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 2010-2022 (n=38,085).
| Frequency according to the diagnosis method | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | Direct smear | Modified Baermann technique | ||||||||
| n/N | (%) | CI 95% | n/N | (%) | CI 95% | n/N | (%) | CI 95% | ||
| General | ||||||||||
| Cases/Total of patients | 112/38,085 | (0.29) | 0.24-0.35 | 72/33,510 | (0.21) | 0.17- 0.27 | 40/4,575 | (0.87) | 0.63-1.20 | |
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Cases/Total of male | 70/15,758 | (0.44) | 0.35-0.56 | 44/13,896 | (0.32) | 0.23- 0.43 | 26/1,862 | (1.40) | 0.93- 2.07 | |
| Cases/Total female | 41/21,636 | (0.19) | 0.14-0.26 | 28/18,955 | (0.15) | 0.10- 0.22 | 13/2,681 | (0.48) | 0.27- 0.85 | |
| Missing data | 1/691 | - | - | 0/659 | - | - | 1/32 | - | - | |
| Age (years) | ||||||||||
| Cases/Total <5 | 6/9,569 | (0.06) | 0.02-0.14 | 3/8,987 | (0.03) | 0.01- 0.11 | 3/582 | (0.51) | 0.13- 1.63 | |
| Cases/Total 6-19 | 17/7,353 | (0.23) | 0.14-0.38 | 11/6,560 | (0.17) | 0.09- 0.31 | 6/793 | (0.76) | 0.31- 1.73 | |
| Cases/Total 20-40 | 35/8,102 | (0.43) | 0.31-0.61 | 28/6,886 | (0.41) | 0.28- 0.60 | 7/1,216 | (0.58) | 0.25- 1.24 | |
| Cases/Total 41-61 | 32/7,116 | (0.45) | 0.31-0.64 | 18/5,884 | (0.31) | 0.19- 0.49 | 14/1,232 | (1.14) | 0.65- 1.95 | |
| Cases/Total >61 | 19/4,591 | (0.41) | 0.26-0.66 | 11/3,883 | (0.28) | 0.15- 0.52 | 8/708 | (1.13) | 0.53- 2.31 | |
| Missing data | 3/1,354 | - | - | 1/1,310 | - | - | 2/44 | - | - | |
| Males >20 years | 56/6,732 | (0.83) | 0.63-1.09 | 34/5,569 | (0.61) | 0.43- 0.86 | 22/1,163 | (1.89) | 1.22- 2.90 | |
| Males >40 years | 44/3,929 | (1.11) | 0.82-1.51 | 23/3,261 | (0.71) | 0.46- 1.07 | 21/668 | (3.14) | 0.20- 4.85 | |