Simple Fecal Flotation Is a Superior Alternative to Guadruple Kato Katz Smear Examination for the Detection of Hookworm Eggs in Human Stool

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Inpankaew, Tawin ^a,b   Schär, Fabian ^c,d   Khieu, Virak ^c,d,e   Muth, Sinuon ^e   Dalsgaard, Anders ^a   Marti, Hanspeter ^c,d   Traub, Rebecca J ^f   Odermatt, Peter ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e National Center for Parasitology Entomology and Malaria Control   (Cambodia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GOLD STANDARD; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM NITRATE FLOTATION TECHNIQUE; ANIMAL; FECES; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928253483     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003313     Document Type: Article

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