Low sensitivity of the formol-ethyl acetate sedimentation concentration technique in low-intensity Schistosoma japonicum infections.

• Main Authors: Tore Lier (Author), Gunnar S Simonsen (Author), Tianping Wang (Author), Dabing Lu (Author), Hanne H Haukland (Author), Birgitte J Vennervald (Author), Maria V Johansen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: The endemic countries are in a diagnostic dilemma concerning Schistosoma japonicum with increasing difficulties in diagnosing the infected individuals. The formol-ethyl acetate sedimentation concentration technique is preferred by many clinical microbiology laboratories for the detection...