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

• Main Authors: Bruno Levecke (Author), Jerzy M Behnke (Author), Sitara S R Ajjampur (Author), Marco Albonico (Author), Shaali M Ame (Author), Johannes Charlier (Author), Stefan M Geiger (Author), Nguyen T V Hoa (Author), Romuald I Kamwa Ngassam (Author), Andrew C Kotze (Author), James S McCarthy (Author), Antonio Montresor (Author), Maria V Periago (Author), Sheela Roy (Author), Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté (Author), D T C Thach (Author), Jozef Vercruysse (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 (...