Comparison of filtration staining (bell) and thick smear (kato) for the detection and quantitation of schistosoma mansoni eggs in faeces

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1982, Pages 403-406

  Hoff, Rodney ^a,b,c   Sleigh, Adrian ^a,b,c   Mott, Kenneth ^a,b,c   Barreto, Mauricio ^a,b,c   de Paiva, Tereza Maisk ^a,b,c   de Souza Pedrosa, Jose ^b,c   Sherlock, Italo ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; HUMAN; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0020015515     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(82)90201-2     Document Type: Article

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