Fig 1.
Location of the study site, Zenzelima: (A) Map of Ethiopia, (B) Map of Amhara region, (C) Zenzelima.
Fig 2.
Funnel stand with Baermann apparatus for filtering of S. stercoralis larvae from stool samples.
Fig 3.
Suspension of stool samples in 50 mL tubes with lukewarm water.
Fig 4.
Study participants’ flow chart.
aThirty-seven participants did not provide enough stool specimens to perform CB; bTwenty-four participants did not provide enough stool specimens to perform MB; cTwenty-three participants did not provide enough stool specimens to perform MBCI.
Table 1.
Strongyloidiasis Positivity and Negativity in relation to demographic characteristics.
Table 2.
Diagnostic performance of the three Baermann techniques against the composite reference standard.
Table 3.
Time required to process three Baermann techniques.