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- Title
Capillaria Ova and Diagnosis of Trichuris trichiura Infection in Humans by Kato-Katz Smear, Liberia.
- Authors
Fischer, Kerstin; Curtis, Kurt C.; Weil, Gary J.; Fischer, Peter U.; Gankpala, Abakar; Gankpala, Lincoln; Bolay, Fatorma K.
- Abstract
We examined human stool samples from Liberia for soil-transmitted helminth ova by Kato-Katz smear and by quantitative PCR. Twenty-five samples were positive for Trichuris trichiura by smear but negative by quantitative PCR. Reexamination of samples showed that they contained Capillaria eggs that resemble T. trichiura in Kato-Katz smears.
- Subjects
LIBERIA; CAPILLARIA; WHIPWORMS; PUBLIC health; HELMINTHS; DEMOGRAPHIC surveys; CHARTS, diagrams, etc.
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, Vol 24, Issue 8, p1551
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2408.180184