Capillaria Ova and Diagnosis of Trichuris trichiura Infection in Humans by Kato-Katz Smear, Liberia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Fischer, Kerstin ; Gankpala, Abakar ; Gankpala, Lincoln ; Bolay, Fatorma K. ; Curtis, Kurt C. ; Weil, Gary J. ; Fischer, Peter U.
• Description:
  We examined human stool samples from Liberia for soil-transmitted helminth ova by Kato-Katz smear and by quantitative PCR. Twenty-five samples were positive for Trichuris trichiura by smear but negative by quantitative PCR. Reexamination of samples showed that they contained Capillaria eggs that resemble T. trichiura in Kato-Katz smears.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Animals Ascariasis Ascaris Lumbricoides Child Diagnosis, Differential Dispatch Enoplida Infections Feces Female Humans Male Middle Aged Parasite Egg Count Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Schistosoma Mansoni Schistosomiasis Mansoni Trichuriasis Trichuris

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(8):1551-1554
• Pubmed ID:
  30016245
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6056109
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Liberia
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:748d0db7d89f755047f9b2f5fc648e7bed568251b523a8428d33a32eb446e804
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/57970/cdc_57970_DS1.pdf
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