Evaluation of the Kato-Katz thick smear and formol ether sedimentation techniques for quantitative diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infection

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 706-708

  Ebrahim, A ^a   El Morshedy, H ^a   Omer, E ^a   El Daly, S ^a   Barakat, R ^a  

^a High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

EID: 0031445484     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.706     Document Type: Article

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