Diagnostic performance of a single and duplicate Kato-Katz, Mini-FLOTAC, FECPAKG2 and qPCR for the detection and quantification of soil-transmitted helminths in three endemic countries.

• Egile Nagusiak: Piet Cools (Egilea), Johnny Vlaminck (Egilea), Marco Albonico (Egilea), Shaali Ame (Egilea), Mio Ayana (Egilea), Barrios Perez José Antonio (Egilea), Giuseppe Cringoli (Egilea), Daniel Dana (Egilea), Jennifer Keiser (Egilea), Maria P Maurelli (Egilea), Catalina Maya (Egilea), Leonardo F Matoso (Egilea), Antonio Montresor (Egilea), Zeleke Mekonnen (Egilea), Greg Mirams (Egilea), Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira (Egilea), Simone A Pinto (Egilea), Laura Rinaldi (Egilea), Somphou Sayasone (Egilea), Eurion Thomas (Egilea), Jaco J Verweij (Egilea), Jozef Vercruysse (Egilea), Bruno Levecke (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Because the success of deworming programs targeting soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) is evaluated through the periodically assessment of prevalence and infection intensities, the use of the correct diagnostic method is of utmost importance. The STH community has recen...