To our knowledge none of the patients were further studied for signs or symptoms of hyperinfection or dissemination, no sputum, urine, duodenal aspirate or repeated 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 Strongyloides infection in Indigenous Australian people [12] described as particular issues delayed diagnosis, inadequate 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 described a series of actions addressing barriers to control: development of reporting protocols, documentation of current infection sites, requirements of health professionals to have detailed information and education regarding 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 relates to deficient parasitology literacy among health personnel [39] translated in failure to recognize symptoms, coupled with inadequate knowledge for treatment and little or no interest in conducting community studies 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 intraining physician assessing the knowledge in parasitic diseases and strongyloidiasis, comparing performance of residents from the United States of America (US) with residents 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 intraining (9 % vs. 56 %, p = 0.001), respectively; 41 % were unable to name parasites causing pulmonary symptoms. Still, 44 % residents from developing countries were unaware of the potentially unwanted iatrogenic complications of strongyloidiasis and treatment protocols.