Comparison of the thick smear and Kato-Katz techniques for diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections
This study compared the efficiency of Kato-Katz thick smear and thick smear techniques for the diagnosis of intestinal helminths. The sensitivity of the thick smear technique was higher than that of the Kato-Katz method for the diagnosis of all helminths except Schistosoma mansoni.
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
2005
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Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822005000200016 |
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