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  • Title: Comparison of the thick smear and Kato-Katz techniques for diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections.
    Author: Santos FL, Cerqueira EJ, Soares NM.
    Journal: Rev Soc Bras Med Trop; 2005; 38(2):196-8. PubMed ID: 15821801.
    Abstract:
    This study compared the efficiency of Kato-Katz thick smear and thick smear techniques for the diagnosis of intestinal helminths. The sensitivity of the thick smear technique was higher than that of the Kato-Katz method for the diagnosis of all helminths except Schistosoma mansoni.
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