Detecting and enumerating soil-transmitted helminth eggs in soil: New method development and results from field testing in Kenya and Bangladesh.

Globally, about 1.5 billion people are infected with at least one species of soil-transmitted helminth (STH). Soil is a critical environmental reservoir of STH, yet there is no standard method for detecting STH eggs in soil. We developed a field method for enumerating STH eggs in soil and tested the...

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Main Authors: Lauren Steinbaum, Laura H Kwong, Ayse Ercumen, Makeda S Negash, Amira J Lovely, Sammy M Njenga, Alexandria B Boehm, Amy J Pickering, Kara L Nelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-04-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5393894?pdf=render