Accuracy of the kato-katz, adhesive tape and FLOTAC techniques for helminth diagnosis among children in kyrgyzstan

Acta Tropica

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-192

  Jeandron, Aurelie ^a   Abdyldaieva, Gulnara ^b   Usubalieva, Jumagul ^b   Ensink, Jeroen H J ^a   Cox, Jonathan ^a   Matthys, Barbara ^c,d   Rinaldi, Laura ^e   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^e   Utzinger, Jürg ^c,d  

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

^b Republican Sanitary and Epidemiological Services ^*  (Kyrgyzstan)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adhesive tape method; Diagnosis; FLOTAC; Helminth infection; Kato Katz; Kyrgyzstan

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; PARASITE; PERIURBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DICROCOELIUM; DICROCOELIUM DENDRITICUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOTATION; GOLD STANDARD; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYRGYZSTAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMEAR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADHESIVES; ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; KYRGYZSTAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

KYRGYZSTAN;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; DICROCOELIUM DENDRITICUM; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; VERMES;

EID: 77957751345     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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