title: The efficiency of Lutz, Kato-Katz and Baermann-Moraes (adapted) techniques association to the diagnosis of intestinal helminths.
abstract: The association of Lutz/Kato-Katz and Lutz/Baermann-Moraes (adapted) techniques was used to improve better results that ranged from 0.4 to 11 times in the search of eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides, Schistosoma mansoni, Trichiuris trichiura, Taenia sp. and larvae of Strongyloides stercoralis.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Willcox
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Coura
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000379:methods*