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Studies were heterogeneous in terms of study population and diagnostic methods (e.g. Baermann technique, agar, Dancescu or charcoal cultures, serology, string capsule). Prevalence of\n                      <jats:italic>S. stercoralis<\/jats:italic>\n                      ranged from 0.3 to 45%. The pooled proportion of\n                      <jats:italic>Strongyloides<\/jats:italic>\n                      in the general population was 7.34% (95% CI 4.97 to 10.13%). Half the studies were designed to detect parasites in general. 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