Comparison of the miracidium hatching test and modified Kato-Katz method for detecting Schistosoma japonicum in low prevalence areas of China

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-25

  Zhu, Hong Qing ^a,b   Xu, Jing ^a,b   Zhu, Rong ^a,b   Cao, Chun Li ^a,b   Bao, Zi Ping ^a,b   Yu, Qing ^a,b   Zhang, Li Juan ^a,b   Xu, Xiao Lin ^a,b   Feng, Zheng ^a,b   Guo, Jia Gang ^a,b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health and Medical Genetics   (China)

Author keywords

Fecal examination; Kato Katz method; Miracidium hatching test; PR China; Schistosomiasis japonica

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; HUMANS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84899539840     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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