A novel and sensitive method to monitor helminth infections by faecal sampling

The Kato–Katz technique is the method routinely used for diagnosing human schistosomiasis mansoni by estimating faecal egg burdens. To improve the sensitivity of faecal diagnosis, we established and validated a novel separation technique based upon the greater density of viable schistosome eggs rela...

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Published in:Acta tropica 2002-08, Vol.83 (2), p.183-187
Main Authors: Eberl, Matthias, al-Sherbiny, Maged, Hagan, Paul, Ljubojevic, Srdjan, Thomas, Alan W, Wilson, R.Alan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Diseases caused by trematodes
Epidemiology
Feces - parasitology
Helminthic diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Kato–Katz
Medical sciences
Parasite Egg Count - methods
Parasitic diseases
Percoll
Reproducibility of Results
Schistosoma mansoni
Schistosoma mansoni - isolation & purification
Schistosomiases
Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis - diagnosis
Stool examination
Tropical medicine
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Summary:The Kato–Katz technique is the method routinely used for diagnosing human schistosomiasis mansoni by estimating faecal egg burdens. To improve the sensitivity of faecal diagnosis, we established and validated a novel separation technique based upon the greater density of viable schistosome eggs relative to faecal material. Subsequently, it was used for faecal examination of 27 schistosomiasis patients in El-Sharkia, Egypt, with Kato–Katz smears as criterion standard. Low intensity infections (
ISSN:0001-706X
1873-6254
DOI:10.1016/S0001-706X(02)00089-X