Table 1.

Detection rate of S. stercoralis by FECT, STST, BCT, APC and RT-PCR and their combinations in stools of 844 school children from Amhara Region, northwest Ethiopia

No	Diagnostic methods	S. stercoralis
		Pos N, (%)	Prevalence (95% CI)
1	FECT	17 (2.0)	1.26–3.20
2	STST	34 (4.0)	2.90–5.58
3	BCT	87 (10.3)	8.44–12.54
4	APC	92 (10.9)	8.97–13.18
5	RT-PCR	243 (28.8)	25.84–31.94
6	FECT ∪ STST	42 (5.0)	3.71–6.66
7	FECT ∪ BCT	93 (11.0)	9.08–13.31
8	FECT ∪ APC	98 (11.6)	9.62–13.95
9	FECT ∪ RT-PCR	252 (29.9)	26.87–33.03
10	STST ∪ BCT	98 (11.6)	9.62–13.95
11	STST ∪ APC	107 (12.7)	10.6–15.10
12	STST ∪ RT-PCR	272 (32.2)	29.16–35.46
13	BCT ∪ APC	115 (13.6)	11.48–16.11
14	BCT ∪ RT-PCR	296 (35.1)	31.92–38.35
15	APC ∪ RT-PCR	304 (36.0)	32.85–39.32
16	FECT ∪ STST ∪ BCT	103 (12.2)	10.16–14.58
17	FECT ∪ STST ∪ APC	111 (13.2)	11.04–15.60
18	FECT ∪ BCT ∪ APC	118 (14.0)	11.80–16.48
19	FECT ∪ STST ∪ RT-PCR	264 (31.3)	28.24–34.49
20	FECT ∪ BCT ∪ RT-PCR	299 (35.4)	32.28–38.72
21	FECT ∪ APC ∪ RT-PCR	309 (36.6)	33.43–39.91
22	STST ∪ BCT ∪ APC	124 (14.7)	12.46–17.24
23	STST ∪ BCT ∪ RT-PCR	304 (36.0)	32.85–39.32
24	STST ∪ APC ∪ RT-PCR	314 (37.2)	44.04–50.76
25	BCT ∪ APC ∪ RT-PCR	319 (37.8)	34.00–40.51
26	FECT ∪ STST ∪ BCT ∪ APC	127 (15.0)	12.8–17.62
27	FECT ∪ STST ∪ BCT ∪ RT-PCR	309 (36.6)	34.43–39.91
28	FECT ∪ STST ∪ APC ∪ RT-PCR	299 (35.4)	32.2–38.8
29	FECT ∪ BCT ∪ APC ∪ RT-PCR	321 (38.0)	34.82–41.36
30	STST ∪ BCT ∪ APC ∪ RT-PCR	315 (37.3)	34.12–40.63
31	FECT ∪ STST ∪ BCT ∪ APC ∪ RT-PCR	329 (39.0)	35.75–42.31

Pos positive, FECT formol-ether concentration test, STST spontaneous tube sedimentation technique, BCT Baermann concentration technique, APC agar plate culture, RT-PCR real time polymerase chain reaction, U union