title: Comparison of the thick smear and Kato-Katz techniques for diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections.
abstract: This study compared the efficiency of Kato-Katz thick smear and thick smear techniques for the diagnosis of intestinal helminths. The sensitivity of the thick smear technique was higher than that of the Kato-Katz method for the diagnosis of all helminths except Schistosoma mansoni.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Parasitologia Clínica, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA. neci@ufba.br
authors.forename: Fred Luciano Neves
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Elúzio José Lima
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Cerqueira
authors.forename: Neci Matos
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Soares
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000723:Ancylostomatoidea / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D017164:Ascaris lumbricoides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000379:methods; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014258:Trichuris / Q000302:isolation & purification