To our knowledge none of the patients were further studied for signs or symptoms of hyper-infection or dis- semination, no sputum, urine, duodenal aspirate or re- peated stool samples were sent for larval detection. Only 10/35 received some anti-Strongyloides treatment with no follow-up exams for cure determination before hos- pital release. A review of original publications of Stron- gyloides infection in Indigenous Australian people [12] described as particular issues delayed diagnosis, inad- equate knowledge, inadequate treatment and treatment dosages, lack of communication and lack of follow-up by health professionals. The authors highlighted the risks of Strongyloides infection confronted by rural population, children and immunosuppressed individuals and de- scribed a series of actions addressing barriers to control: development of reporting protocols, documentation of current infection sites, requirements of health profes- sionals to have detailed information and education re- garding strongyloidiasis, testing treatment initiatives in the community. Coordinated approaches and supported community initiatives could well result in eradication of endemic strongyloidiasis in Australia and why not? else- where. We hypothezise that a good share of the problem in Honduras mirrors the situation in Australia as it re- lates to deficient parasitology literacy among health personnel [39] translated in failure to recognize symp- toms, coupled with inadequate knowledge for treatment and little or no interest in conducting community stud- ies to define the parasitological problems locally. An- other support for the need of sound parasitology training is reflected in a recent publication [40] from 15 different training programs world-wide of in-training physician assessing the knowledge in parasitic diseases and strongyloidiasis, comparing performance of resi- dents from the United States of America (US) with resi- dents from other countries. The evaluation focused on resident recognition and diagnostic recommendations. In answers regarding the need for parasite screening, US residents had poor recognition compared with inter- national physicians in-training (9 % vs. 56 %, p = 0.001), respectively; 41 % were unable to name parasites causing pulmonary symptoms. Still, 44 % residents from devel- oping countries were unaware of the potentially un- wanted iatrogenic complications of strongyloidiasis and treatment protocols.