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Table 1 Number of patients infected with Strongyliodes stercoralis and total specimens for diagnosis classified by yeara

From: An eleven-year retrospective hospital-based study of epidemiological data regarding human strongyloidiasis in northeast Thailand

Years

Number of patients infected with S. stercoralis (Total specimen for diagnosis)

Diagnostic Prevalenceb (95%CI)

2004

144 (632)

22.8 (19.6–26.2)

2005

305 (1361)

22.4 (20.2–24.7)

2006

332 (1723)

19.3 (17.4–21.2)

2007

448 (2000)

22.4 (20.6–24.3)

2008

366 (2122)

17.2 (15.7–18.9)

2009

364 (2283)

15.9 (14.5–17.5)

2010

444 (2519)

17.6 (16.2–19.2)

2011

369 (2762)

13.4 (12.1–14.7)

2012

421 (2891)

14.6 (13.3–15.9)

2013

383 (3405)

11.2 (10.2–12.4)

2014

433 (3346)

12.9 (11.8–14.1)

  1. aNumber of patients diagnosed by the FECT classified by year some repeated patients included in each studied year
  2. bThe average diagnostic prevalence was 24.11% which decreased 1.15% each year from 2004 to 2014; Regression equation: Y = 24.11–1.15xi (95%CI = −1.49 to −0.8)