Table 1. Growth and development of S. stercoralis in stool suspensions kept in different containers.^a .

Incubation time (hours)	No. of FL recovered from APCb
	15-mm Tube	35-mm Petri dish	90-mm Petri dish	P c
1/6	9,807.3±8,214.3 (650–26,400)	9,887.0±8,251.8 (600–27,000)	9,920.0±8,341.6 (630–26,900)	0.999
4	4,200.3±4,080.7 (120–15,000)	5,693.7±5,336.2 (320–19,000)	9,416.3±7,982.3 (600–26,000)	0.022
6	714.7±1,108.4 (0–4,500)	852.0±1,001.7 (10–4,800)	9,646.0±8,251.8 (600–26,400)	<0.001
8	50.0±132.9 (0–560)	97.1±140.6 (5–550)	9,827.7±8,474.7 (600–27,400)	<0.001
10	0.6±2.4 (0–12)	1.3±5.2 (0–25)	9,844.0±8,276.0 (650–26,400)	<0.001
12	0.17±0.91 (0–5)	0.17±0.91 (0–5)	9,959.0±8,387.2 (700–27,000)	<0.001
14	0 (0)	0 (0)	9,749.0±8,134.1 (700–27,000)	<0.001
16	0 (0)	0 (0)	9,592.3±7,870.7 (700–26,000)	<0.001
24	0 (0)	0 (0)	9,025.7±7,399.2 (700–25,000)	<0.001
36	0 (0)	0 (0)	1,257.3±1,207.9 (100–4,000)	<0.001

±8,287.8 (650–26,900) FL.^a Fresh stool produced 10,058

^b Means and standard deviation (range) derived from 30 different stool samples.

^c Nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test was analyzed.