A comparison of the sensitivity and fecal egg counts of the McMaster egg counting and Kato-Katz thick smear methods for soil-transmitted helminths.

• Váldodahkkit: Bruno Levecke (Dahkki), Jerzy M Behnke (Dahkki), Sitara S R Ajjampur (Dahkki), Marco Albonico (Dahkki), Shaali M Ame (Dahkki), Johannes Charlier (Dahkki), Stefan M Geiger (Dahkki), Nguyen T V Hoa (Dahkki), Romuald I Kamwa Ngassam (Dahkki), Andrew C Kotze (Dahkki), James S McCarthy (Dahkki), Antonio Montresor (Dahkki), Maria V Periago (Dahkki), Sheela Roy (Dahkki), Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté (Dahkki), D T C Thach (Dahkki), Jozef Vercruysse (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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The Kato-Katz thick smear (Kato-Katz) is the diagnostic method recommended for monitoring large-scale treatment programs implemented for the control of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) in public health, yet it is difficult to standardize. A promising alternative is the McMaster egg counting method (...