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.

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Main Authors: Santos Fred Luciano Neves, Cerqueira Elúzio José Lima, Soares Neci Matos
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2005
Subjects:
Kato-Katz
Direct examination
Sensitivity
Specificity
Prevalence
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/29414b70208c462a8860c4f68ff936d7
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:29414b70208c462a8860c4f68ff936d7 2023-05-15T14:55:29+02:00 Comparison of the thick smear and Kato-Katz techniques for diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections Santos Fred Luciano Neves Cerqueira Elúzio José Lima Soares Neci Matos 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/29414b70208c462a8860c4f68ff936d7 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822005000200016 https://doaj.org/toc/0037-8682 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 0037-8682 1678-9849 https://doaj.org/article/29414b70208c462a8860c4f68ff936d7 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 38, Iss 2, Pp 196-198 (2005) Kato-Katz Direct examination Sensitivity Specificity Prevalence Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2005 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-30T23:24:30Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic
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topic Kato-Katz
Direct examination
Sensitivity
Specificity
Prevalence
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
spellingShingle Kato-Katz
Direct examination
Sensitivity
Specificity
Prevalence
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Santos Fred Luciano Neves
Cerqueira Elúzio José Lima
Soares Neci Matos
Comparison of the thick smear and Kato-Katz techniques for diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections
topic_facet Kato-Katz
Direct examination
Sensitivity
Specificity
Prevalence
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
description 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.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Santos Fred Luciano Neves
Cerqueira Elúzio José Lima
Soares Neci Matos
author_facet Santos Fred Luciano Neves
Cerqueira Elúzio José Lima
Soares Neci Matos
author_sort Santos Fred Luciano Neves
title Comparison of the thick smear and Kato-Katz techniques for diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections
title_short Comparison of the thick smear and Kato-Katz techniques for diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections
title_full Comparison of the thick smear and Kato-Katz techniques for diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections
title_fullStr Comparison of the thick smear and Kato-Katz techniques for diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of the thick smear and Kato-Katz techniques for diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections
title_sort comparison of the thick smear and kato-katz techniques for diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections
publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
publishDate 2005
url https://doaj.org/article/29414b70208c462a8860c4f68ff936d7
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op_source Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 38, Iss 2, Pp 196-198 (2005)
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