FLOTAC for the diagnosis of Hymenolepis spp. infection: Proof-of-concept and comparing diagnostic accuracy with other methods

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 749-754

  Steinmann, Peter ^a,b   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^c   Bruschi, Fabrizio ^d   Matthys, Barbara ^a,b   Lohourignon, Laurent K ^e   Castagna, Barbara ^d   Maurelli, Maria P ^c   Morgoglione, Maria E ^c   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b   Rinaldi, Laura ^c  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ETHER; ZINC SULFATE;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ETHYL ETHER BASED CONCENTRATION TECHNIQUE; FECES ANALYSIS; FLOTAC METHOD; FLOTATION SOLUTION; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIASIS; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE PARASITE; KATO KATZ METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RELATIVE DENSITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CESTODE INFECTIONS; CHILD; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYMENOLEPIS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAJIKISTAN;

CESTODA; HYMENOLEPIS (CESTODA); HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; HYMENOLEPIS NANA;

EID: 84866025190     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-2895-9     Document Type: Article

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