Accepted Manuscript Title: Real-time PCR for detection of Strongyloides stercoralis in human stool samples from C ˆ ote d’Ivoire: diagnostic accuracy, inter-laboratory comparison and patterns of hookworm co-infection Author: S¨ oren L. Becker Nivetha Piraisoody Stefanie Kramme Hanspeter Marti Kigbafori D. Silu´ e Marcus Panning Beatrice Nickel Winfried V. Kern Mathias Herrmann Christoph F. Hatz Eli´ ezer K. N’Goran J ¨ urg Utzinger Lutz von M¨ uller PII: S0001-706X(15)30067-X DOI: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.07.019 Reference: ACTROP 3687 To appear in: Acta Tropica Received date: 20-4-2015 Revised date: 11-7-2015 Accepted date: 15-7-2015 Please cite this article as: Becker, Sddotoren L., Piraisoody, Nivetha, Kramme, Stefanie, Marti, Hanspeter, Silu´ e, Kigbafori D., Panning, Marcus, Nickel, Beatrice, Kern, Winfried V., Herrmann, Mathias, Hatz, Christoph F., N’Goran, Eli´ ezer K., Utzinger, J¨ urg, M¨ uller, Lutz von, Real-time PCR for detection of Strongyloides stercoralis in human stool samples from Cˆ ote d’Ivoire: diagnostic accuracy, inter-laboratory comparison and patterns of hookworm co-infection.Acta Tropica http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.07.019 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.