New diffasic tube technique for the diagnosis of strongyloidiasis

• Main Authors: Adriana Maldonado, Zulbey Rivero de Rodríguez, Angela Bracho Mora, Ayarí Avila
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2018
• Subjects: Parásitos intestinales; Strongyloides stercoralis; estrongiloidiasis; técnica de agar en placa; técnica difásica en tubo; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Ritchie
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/89518a05ff3a4b1d9e40e7a614371cbf

A study of enteroparasites in an indigenous population was carried out, through which a new diagnostic procedure for strongyloidiasis, diphasic technique in tube (DTT), was proposed, in order to compare it with plaque agar (Arakaki). The methodology consisted in the analysis of fecal samples of 50 i...