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TF-Test modified: new diagnostic tool for human enteroparasitosis
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2015-05-13)
Intestinal parasitosis is highly prevalent worldwide, being among the main causes of illness and death in humans. Currently, laboratory diagnosis of the intestinal parasites is accomplished through manual technical procedures, ...
Kato-Katz and Lumbreras rapid sedimentation test to evaluate helminth prevalence in the setting of a school-based deworming program
(Taylor and Francis, 2016)
The sensitivity of the Kato-Katz test is suboptimal for the evaluation of intestinal helminth prevalence. Moreover, during mass deworming, as helminth egg burden decreases, the sensitivity is likely to decrease. The ...
Capillaria hepatica pseudoinfection
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013)
A 54-year-old male Matsigenka native from the Manu jungle of Peru presented with the eggs shown in Figure 1. Kato Katz (Figure 2) testing revealed 1,500 eggs/g stool. The white blood cell count with differential, liver ...
Endoscopic findings after string-capsule test
(Springer, 1985)
Essentially the only reliable method of detecting finer nuances of abnormal esophageal motility on esophagography…
Tf-test Modified: New Diagnostic Tool For Human Enteroparasitosis
(John Wiley & Sons IncHoboken, 2016)
TF-Test Modified: new diagnostic dool for human enteroparasitosis
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)
Spatial relationship between Taenia solium tapeworm carriers and necropsy cyst burden in pigs
(Public Library of Science, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Taenia solium, a parasite that affects humans and pigs, is the leading cause of preventable epilepsy in the developing world. Geographic hotspots of pigs testing positive for serologic markers of T. solium ...
Persistent strongyloidiasis complicated by recurrent meningitis in an HTLV seropositive Peruvian migrant resettled in Italy
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015)
We describe a case of persistent strongyloidiasis complicated by recurrent meningitis, in a human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) seropositive Peruvian migrant adult resettled in Italy. He was admitted with signs ...
Relative undernourishment and food insecurity associations with Plasmodium falciparum among Batwa pygmies in Uganda: evidence from a cross-sectional survey
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014)
Although malnutrition and malaria co-occur among individuals and populations globally, effects of nutritional status on risk for parasitemia and clinical illness remain poorly understood. We investigated associations between ...