Comparison of the thick smear and Kato-Katz techniques for diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections

This study compared the efficiency of Kato-Katz thick smear and thick smear techniques for the diagnosis of intestinal helminths. The sensitivity of the thick smear technique was higher than that of the Kato-Katz method for the diagnosis of all helminths except Schistosoma mansoni.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Santos Fred Luciano Neves, Cerqueira Elúzio José Lima, Soares Neci Matos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2005-01-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822005000200016