A comparison of methods for detecting the eggs of Ascaris, Trichuris, and hookworm in infant stool, and the epidemiology of infection in Zanzibari infants

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 725-731

  Goodman, David ^a,b   Haji, Hamad J ^c   Bickle, Quentin D ^d   Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^e   Tielsch, James M ^b   Ramsan, Mahdi ^c   Savioli, Lorenzo ^f   Albonico, Marco ^f  

^a FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri (PHL IdC) Wawi   (Tanzania)

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

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KATO KATZ TECHNIQUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMPLE GRAVITY SEDIMENTATION; TANZANIA; TRICHURIS; WISCONSIN FLOATATION; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ASCARIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; EVALUATION; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHURIASIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; TRICHURIS;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; DIARRHEA; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; OVUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 34249690066     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.76.725     Document Type: Article

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