title: [An evaluation of the efficacy of the CSF method for diagnosing intestinal helminthiases].
abstract: The recently proposed CSF method for diagnosing intestinal helminthiases was compared with the other methods (direct; Faust et al.; spontaneous sedimentation in water; and Kato-Katz) that are routinely for this purpose. The CSF method performed satisfactorily, thus showing that this technique can be adopted for use in diagnoses or epidemiological analyses.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Investigação Médica, Parasitologia do Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ruth Semira Rodriguez
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Alarcón
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Amato Neto
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gakiya
authors.forename: Rita Cristina
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Bezerra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity