Detecting and enumerating soil-transmitted helminth eggs in soil: New method development and results from field testing in Kenya and Bangladesh.

• Main Authors: Lauren Steinbaum (Author), Laura H Kwong (Author), Ayse Ercumen (Author), Makeda S Negash (Author), Amira J Lovely (Author), Sammy M Njenga (Author), Alexandria B Boehm (Author), Amy J Pickering (Author), Kara L Nelson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Globally, about 1.5 billion people are infected with at least one species of soil-transmitted helminth (STH). Soil is a critical environmental reservoir of STH, yet there is no standard method for detecting STH eggs in soil. We developed a field method for enumerating STH eggs in soil and tested the...