Faecal Parasitology: Concentration Methodology Needs to be Better Standardised.

To determine whether variation in the preservative, pore size of the sieve, solvent, centrifugal force and centrifugation time used in the Ridley-Allen Concentration method for examining faecal specimens for parasite stages had any effect on their recovery in faecal specimens.A questionnaire was sen...

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Main Authors: Monika M Manser, Agatha Christie Santos Saez, Peter L Chiodini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-04-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4830587?pdf=render