Detecting and enumerating soil-transmitted helminth eggs in soil: New method development and results from field testing in Kenya and Bangladesh

Globally, about 1.5 billion people are infected with at least one species of soil-transmitted helminth (STH). Soil is a critical environmental reservoir of STH, yet there is no standard method for detecting STH eggs in soil. We developed a field method for enumerating STH eggs in soil and tested the...

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Autores principales: Steinbaum, Lauren, Kwong, Laura H., Ercumen, Ayse, Negash, Makeda S., Lovely, Amira J., Njenga, Sammy M., Boehm, Alexandria B., Pickering, Amy J., Nelson, Kara L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5393894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28379956
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005522

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5393894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28379956
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005522

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