Efficacy of parasitological methods for the diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis and hookworm in faecal specimens

Acta Tropica

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 206-210

  Inês, Elizabete de J ^a   Souza, Joelma N ^a   Santos, Renata C ^a   Souza, Eliane S ^a   Santos, Fred L ^a   Silva, Mônica L S ^a   Silva, Moacir P ^a   Teixeira, Márcia C A ^a   Soares, Neci M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agar plate culture; Diagnosis; Hookworm; Strongyloides stercoralis

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; FECES; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY;

AGAR PLATE CULTURE; ARTICLE; BAERMANN MORAES; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES ANALYSIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEDIMENTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS SEDIMENTATION; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; FECES; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

BAHIA; BRAZIL;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

EID: 80054854559     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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