There are no published studies conducted in any community or region of the country aimed at investi- gating the epidemiology of S. stercoralis infection; therefore it is not possible to identify risk factors for acquiring this infection. Nevertheless, we can say that in general patients were poor, lacked proper sanitary facilities, lacked schooling, most were adults, many came from rural areas and many members of a family shared inadequate housing [10, 11, 35, 36]. Since many countries in Latin America have a compromise to control neglected parasitic infections where strongyl- oidiasis is also common future investigations on the prevalence of soil transmitted helminths neces- sary for the implementation of coordinated preventive chemotherapy programs should include tested methods for Strongyloides larvae detection and identification through the application of coproparasitologic, serologic or molecular techniques appropriate for recovery and differ- entiation of this parasite .