Viewpoint: The neglect of stool microscopy for intestinal parasites and possible solutions

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 522-524

  Parija, S C ^a,b   Srinivasa, H ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnostic parasitology; Helminths; Protozoa; Stool microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS;

PROTOZOA; VERMES;

EID: 0032777199     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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