Comparison of real-time PCR and the Kato-Katz method for the diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminthiasis and assessment of cure in a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) in developing countries is commonly based on microscopic detection of eggs in stool samples, using the Kato-Katz (KK) method, which has a poor sensitivity for detecting light intensity infections. We compared the performance of the KK method...

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Autores principales: Barda, Beatrice, Schindler, Christian, Wampfler, Rahel, Ame, Shaali, Ali, Said M., Keiser, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7531123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33008301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-020-01963-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7531123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33008301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-020-01963-9

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