FLOTAC: a new sensitive technique for the diagnosis of hookworm infections in humans

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-90

  Utzinger, Jürg ^a   Rinaldi, Laura ^b   Lohourignon, Laurent K ^c   Rohner, Fabian ^d,e   Zimmermann, Michael B ^d   Tschannen, Andres B ^e   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^c,e   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

C te d'Ivoire; Diagnosis; FLOTAC; Helminths; Hookworm infections; Kato Katz; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ETHER; FORMALDEHYDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FLOTATION; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; WORM EGG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; FECES; HELMINTHS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; VERMES;

EID: 36549069120     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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