Comparison of individual and pooled stool samples for the assessment of intensity of Schistosoma mansoni and soil-transmitted helminth infections using the Kato-Katz technique

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kure, Ashenafi ^a   Mekonnen, Zeleke ^b   Dana, Daniel ^b   Bajiro, Mitiku ^b   Ayana, Mio ^b   Vercruysse, Jozef ^c   Levecke, Bruno ^c  

^a Health Research and Technology Transfer Support Process   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Infection intensity; Mass drug administration; Pooled samples; Schistosoma mansoni; Soil transmitted helminths

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHIOPIAN; FECES ANALYSIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION INTENSITY; KATO KATZ TECHNIQUE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SOIL MICROFLORA; TRICHURIASIS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SOIL; TRANSMISSION;

SOIL;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SOIL;

EID: 84960259966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-1101-1     Document Type: Article

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