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Kato-Katz and Lumbreras rapid sedimentation test to evaluate helminth prevalence in the setting of a school-based deworming program

Lopez, Martha; Morales Fernández, María Luisa; Konana, Monisha; Hoyer, Paige; Pineda-Reyes, Roberto; White, Arthur-Clinton-Jr; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo; Lescano Guevara, Andres Guillermo; Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo; Cabada, Miguel-Mauricio (Taylor and Francis, 2016)

The sensitivity of the Kato-Katz test is suboptimal for the evaluation of intestinal helminth prevalence. Moreover, during mass deworming, as helminth egg burden decreases, the sensitivity is likely to decrease. The ...

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