Kato–Katz technique
Quality control in the diagnosis of Trichuris trichiura and Ascaris lumbricoides using the Kato Katz technique: experience from three randomised controlled trials
... the Kato-Katz technique [5,6]. However, the Kato-Katz technique has limitations in terms of sensitivity, espe- cially in low-intensity settings ...the Kato-Katz ...
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Economic considerations for moving beyond the Kato Katz technique for diagnosing intestinal parasites as we move towards elimination
... a Kato-Katz-based survey is not associated with the same degree of econo- mies of scale (Figure ...the Kato-Katz technique within another survey (such as transmission assessment surveys ...
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Comparison of individual and pooled stool samples for the assessment of intensity of Schistosoma mansoni and soil transmitted helminth infections using the Kato Katz technique
... At first, the 60 individual samples collected from one school were randomly organized in 12 rows of 5 in- dividual stool samples. For each row, 2 g of each of the 5 individual stool samples was transferred into a new ...
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A cross sectional study on schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminths in Mbita district, western Kenya using different copromicroscopic techniques
... the Kato-Katz technique in ‘light-to-moderate risk’ communities, and suggests that the Mini-Parasep technique may improve the ability to diagnose intestinal schistosomiasis accurately in such ...
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Mini FLOTAC and Kato Katz: helminth eggs watching on the shore of lake Victoria
... one technique and combining results to achieve a more comprehensive diagnosis ...[15]. Kato-Katz has been the recommended method for a long time, but lately studies on comparison among techniques ...
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Development of a laboratorial platform for diagnosis of schistosomiasis mansoni by PCR ELISA
... Precision tests (repeatability and reproducibility) were carried out with six DNA samples extracted from human feces (three negatives and three positives for the presence of S. mansoni eggs), according to the ...
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Assessing stool quantities generated by three specific Kato-Katz thick smear templates employed in different settings
... of Kato-Katz thick smears and, in par- ticular, the accurate counting of helminth eggs on a thick smear examined under a microscope [35, ...the Kato-Katz technique lacks sensitivity for ...
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Concordance of the point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen test for the diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis in a low endemicity area
... When compared to the Kato-Katz technique, POC- CCA rapid test has shown similar results, especially when applied in endemic areas with prevalence above 50.0%. This result encourages the application ...
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Real-time PCR diagnosis of Schistosoma japonicum in low transmission areas of China
... the Kato-Katz technique for humans, or the formalin-ethyl acetate sedimentation-digestion (FEA-SD) procedure for bovines, to determine infection ...qPCR technique) for all positive bovines was ...
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Evaluation of circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) urine-tests for diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infection in Cameroon.
... the Kato-Katz technique [7] is widely used for epidemiological field surveys and is recom- mended by WHO for mapping to determine programme intervention zones, and for monitoring, evaluation and ...
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Comparative cost assessment of the Kato Katz and FLOTAC techniques for soil transmitted helminth diagnosis in epidemiological surveys
... the Kato-Katz technique [8] is a widely used diagnostic approach ...the Kato- Katz method is simple to apply and laboratory workers can be trained within half a day ...the ...
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Determining post treatment surveillance criteria for predicting the elimination of Schistosoma mansoni transmission
... We determined the prevalence threshold that needs to be reached to distinguish between achievement of elimi- nation or bounce-back by calculating positive/negative predictive values (PPV/NPV). The PPV is the proportion ...
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Soil transmitted helminth infections and physical fitness in school aged Bulang children in southwest China: results from a cross sectional survey
... In terms of number of 20-m laps successfully com- pleted by the participants, both boys and girls infected with A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura achieved less laps than their non-infected counterparts (Table 4). This ...
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A Trotter-Kato theorem for quantum Markov limits
... native technique. Using the Trotter-Kato theorem, we will establish a stronger mode of convergence (uniformly on compact intervals of time and strongly in the Hilbert space) by means of a graph convergence ...
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A important method for the probability limit theory of exchangeable random variables
... of Katz and Baum theorem in the condition of independent and identically distributed random variable sequence to the results of Katz and Baum theorem in the condition of exchangeable random ...the ...
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Geometry and the Kato square root problem
... Motivated by the existence of harmonic coordinates which provides us with the right kind of uniform intrinsic control on the geometry, we formulate a notion called gen- eralised bounded geometry for a vector bundle V on ...
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Tribute to the 2013 Reviewers
... John Katz, Ben Katz, Eliot Katz, Michael Katz, Samuel Kauer, Sylvia Kaufman, David Kaul, Upendra Kavanagh, Katherine Kavey, Rae Ellen Kawabata, Yoshito Kay, Elizabeth Kaye, Alison Kaye, Celia ...
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Effects of Drawing and Sharing a ‘Picture of Life’ in the First Session of a Mentoring Program for Experienced Learning Advisors
... The effectiveness of mentoring largely relies on having a trust relationship which also applies to the advising relationship between an advisor and a language learner. To establish trust in the first session, advisors ...
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Comparison of novel and standard diagnostic tools for the detection of Schistosoma mekongi infection in Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Cambodia
... in communities affected by S. mekongi consists of prevent- ive chemotherapy targeting at-risk populations (e.g. the entire population of villages along the Mekong) without prior diagnosis, complemented with the ...
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Epidemiological study on Schistosoma mansoni infection in Sanja area, Amhara region, Ethiopia
... own. Kato-Katz and Sodium acetate-acetic acid-formalin (SAF) solution concentration methods were used to process the stool specimen for microscopic ...single Kato-Katz slide was prepared from ...
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