Faecal Parasitology: Concentration Methodology Needs to be Better Standardised.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Monika M Manser, Agatha Christie Santos Saez, Peter L Chiodini
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Ridley; Triton
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004579; https://doaj.org/article/a7ca9544fd0743c28acc476a495b8a47

To determine whether variation in the preservative, pore size of the sieve, solvent, centrifugal force and centrifugation time used in the Ridley-Allen Concentration method for examining faecal specimens for parasite stages had any effect on their recovery in faecal specimens.A questionnaire was sen...