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

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