Capillaria ova and diagnosis of trichuris trichiura infection in humans by Kato-Katz Smear, Liberia

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

doi:10.3201/eid2408.180184

Capillaria ova and diagnosis of trichuris trichiura infection in humans by Kato-Katz Smear, Liberia

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

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1551-1554
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	24
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.180184
State	Published - Aug 2018

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Fischer, K., Gankpala, A., Gankpala, L., Bolay, F. K., Curtis, K. C., Weil, G. J., & Fischer, P. U. (2018). Capillaria ova and diagnosis of trichuris trichiura infection in humans by Kato-Katz Smear, Liberia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24(8), 1551-1554. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.180184

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