Comparison of Kato-Katz direct smear and sodium nitrate flotation for detection of geohelminth infections

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 339-341

  Richardson, Dennis J ^a,b   Gross, Jeanette ^a   Smith, Michael C ^a  

^a Bawa Health Initiative   (United States)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct smear; Fecal flotation; Human helminthological surveys; Kato Katz

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 51949095631     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4340.1     Document Type: Article

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