To wash or not to wash (Nytrel filters and urinary Schistosomiasis).
Nytrel polyamide mesh filters can be used in filtration of urine in order to make quantitative counts of eggs of Shistosoma haematobium. In this article, Ken Mott discussed recent criticism of the WHO recommendations for reuse of these filters.
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Trematode Infections, Parasitic Diseases Programme, WHO, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.