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A comparison of Kato-Katz technique to three other methods for diagnosis of Amphimerus spp. liver fluke infection and the prevalence of infection in Chachi Amerindians of Ecuador
BACKGROUND: Recently, a high prevalence of infection by the liver fluke Amphimerus spp. has been documented in the Chachi Amerindians of Ecuador. For diagnosis, no studies exist that compare the sensitivity of different coproparasitological detection techniques. The present study compares the Kato-K...
Autores principales: | Calvopina, Manuel, Romero-Alvarez, Daniel, Diaz, Fernanda, Cevallos, William, Sugiyama, Hiromu |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6171820/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30286114 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203811 |
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