Comparison of the Kato-Katz and Helmintex methods for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis in a low-intensity transmission focus in Bandeirantes, Paraná, Southern Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 690-692

  Caldeira, Kerlen ^a,b   Teixeira, Candida Fagundes ^a   da Silveira, Manoela Borges ^a   de Fries, Lucas Castello Costa ^a   Romanzini, Juliano ^a   Bittencourt, Hélio Radke ^a   Graeff Teixeira, Carlos ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Centro Estadual de Vigilância em Saúde   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Low endemicity; Parasitological diagnosis; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EOSINOPHIL; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METHODOLOGY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; EOSINOPHILS; FECES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84864030006     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000500019     Document Type: Article

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