Quality control of Kato slide counts for Schistosoma mansoni: A review of 12 years' experience in Kenya

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 469-475

  Sturrock, R F ^a   Ouma, J H ^b   Kariuki, H C ^b   Thiongo, F W ^b   Koech, D K ^c   Butterworth, A E ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; KENYA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HEALTH; KENYA; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITIC DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT;

ANIMALS; FECES; KENYA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0031469596     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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