Table 1. Patients´ stool sample numbers included in this study and parasitological and molecular tests applied for Strongyloides stercoralis detection.

	Patients´ stool samples
	030	140	231	232	338	339	496a	069	259	331	468b	126c
Tests
APC	+	+			+	+		+	-	-	-	-
HMM	+	+							-	-	-	-
MOE		+	+	+	+	+			-	-	-	-
RT-PCR	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-
LAMP	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-

APC, agar plate culture; HMM, Harada-Mori´s method; MOE, microscopic examination

´+´ and ´-´ represent positive and negative results, respectively.

^ano parasitological method applied.

^bpositive for Taenia saginata.

^cpositive for hookworm.