Comparison of the Kato-Katz and FLOTAC techniques for the diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminth infections

Parasitology International

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 398-402

  Habtamu, Kassahun ^a   Degarege, Abraham ^b   Ye Ebiyo, Yemane ^c   Erko, Berhanu ^b  

^a Menelik II College of Health Science   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Center for National Health Development in Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Diagnosis; Ethiopia; FLOTAC; Hookworm; Kato Katz; Soil transmitted helminth; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FLOTAC TEST; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; KATO KATZ THICK SMEAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTH INFECTION; STANDARD; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL; TRICHURIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 82155167690     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2011.06.020     Document Type: Article

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