Table 1.
Comparison of results obtained by the Koga agar plate and the Baermann methods for the diagnosis of S. stercoralis among 180 individuals with at least 2 stool samples examined in Nongyang village, Yunnan province, China.
Table 2.
Number and percentage of study participants infected with S. stercoralis as determined by the combined Koga agar plate and Baermann techniques, stratified by sex, age group and occupation among 180 individuals from Nongyang village in Yunnan province, China.
Table 3.
Identification of S. stercoralis larvae by the Koga agar plate and the Baermann methods in 3 different stool samples obtained from inhabitants of Nongyang village in Yunnan province, China, and ‘true’ prevalence and test characteristics according to a model developed by Marti and Koella (1993) [24].
Table 4.
Effect of sampling efforts for stool collection and evaluation with the Koga agar plate and Baermann technique on the observed prevalence, total number of identified infections and the completeness of datasets.