A modified assay for the enumeration of ascaris eggs in fresh raw sewage

Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) pose a significant public health problem, infecting approximately 2 billion people globally. Despite relatively low prevalence in developed countries, the removal of STHs from wastewater remains crucial to allow the safe use of biosolids or recycled water for agricu...

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Main Authors: Esmaeil Shahsavari, Jonathan Schmidt, Arturo Aburto-Medina, Basma Khallaf, Vivek Balakrishnan, Nicholas D. Crosbie, Aravind Surapaneni, Andrew S. Ball
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:MethodsX
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016117300158