A rapid diagnostic test for schistosomiasis mansoni

This article presents an improvement to the Kato-Katz (KK) method, making it faster and more efficient for the visualisation of fertile eggs in stool samples. This modified KK method uses sodium acetate formalin as a fixative and reveals the intensity of infection in less than 1 h, reducing the diag...

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Main Authors: Clelia Christina Mello-Silva, Roberto Carlos Joao, Ronaldo de Carvalho Augusto, Claudia Portes Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2013-12-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000801078&lng=en&tlng=en