Comparing diagnostic accuracy of Kato-Katz, Koga Agar Plate, Ether-Concentration, and FLOTAC for Schistosoma mansoni and Soil-transmitted helminths

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Glinz, Dominik ^a,b   Silué, Kigbafori D ^c,d   Knopp, Stefanie ^a,b   Lohourignon, Laurent K ^c   Yao, Kouassi P ^c   Steinmann, Peter ^a,b,e   Rinaldi, Laura ^f   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^f   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^c,d   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Abidjan University   (Côte d’Ivoire)

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

^e CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ETHER; FORMALDEHYDE; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EGG; ETHER CONCENTRATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FLOTAC TECHNIQUE; GOLD STANDARD; HELMINTH; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KATO KATZ TEST; KOGA AGAR PLATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; EVALUATION; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956506172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000754     Document Type: Article

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