Mini-FLOTAC, Kato-Katz and McMaster: Three methods, one goal; Highlights from north Argentina

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Barda, Beatrice ^a   Cajal, Pamela ^b   Villagran, Eliana ^b   Cimino, Ruben ^b   Juarez, Marisa ^b   Krolewiecki, Alejandro ^b   Rinaldi, Laura ^c   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^c   Burioni, Roberto ^a   Albonico, Marco ^d  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d Ivo de Carneri Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnostic techniques; Kato Katz thick smear; McMaster method; Mini FLOTAC technique; Soil transmitted helminths

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FEMALE; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; KATO KATZ TECHNIQUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCMASTER TECHNIQUE; MINI FLOTAC TECHNIQUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OOCYTE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MALE; OVUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84902068592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-271     Document Type: Article

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