Comparative study of two methods for the diagnosis of Enterobius vermicularis in the appendix.
A total of 1590 human appendices were collected and examined histologically for evidence of pinworm infection. The incidence of infection in appendices was 2.39%. In examining 100 appendices by both the histological and the parasitological methods, 3 and 7 samples respectively were seen to be infected by pinworm.
Parasitology Department, Medical School, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran.
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D001065:Appendix / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D017229:Enterobiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods*