title: Quick Kato smear for field quantification of Schistosoma mansoni eggs.
abstract: The 50-mg Kato thick smear was modified by using stainless steel templates which deliver 20 mg of stools accurately; fecal material can thus be processed in the field and the smears cleared within 15 minutes. The counts obtained from the 20-mg quick Kato were proportional to those obtained by the 50-mg thick smear.
mesh_terms: D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000379:methods*; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*