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

Fischer, Kerstin; Gankpala, Abakar; Gankpala, Lincoln; Bolay, Fatorma K; Curtis, Kurt C; Weil, Gary J; Fischer, Peter U.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 24(8): 1551-1554, 2018 08.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30016245

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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.

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Ascariasis/diagnosis , Capillaria/isolation & purification , Enoplida Infections/diagnosis , Schistosomiasis mansoni/diagnosis , Trichuriasis/diagnosis , Trichuris/isolation & purification , Adolescent , Adult , Animals , Ascariasis/epidemiology , Ascariasis/parasitology , Ascaris lumbricoides/anatomy & histology , Ascaris lumbricoides/classification , Ascaris lumbricoides/genetics , Ascaris lumbricoides/isolation & purification , Capillaria/anatomy & histology , Capillaria/classification , Capillaria/genetics , Child , Diagnosis, Differential , Enoplida Infections/epidemiology , Enoplida Infections/parasitology , Feces/parasitology , Female , Humans , Liberia/epidemiology , Male , Middle Aged , Parasite Egg Count , Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction , Schistosoma mansoni/anatomy & histology , Schistosoma mansoni/classification , Schistosoma mansoni/genetics , Schistosoma mansoni/isolation & purification , Schistosomiasis mansoni/epidemiology , Schistosomiasis mansoni/parasitology , Trichuriasis/epidemiology , Trichuriasis/parasitology , Trichuris/anatomy & histology , Trichuris/classification , Trichuris/genetics

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