title: [Effect of Parasep® feces centrifuge tube method on detecting schistosome eggs].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of the Parasep® feces centrifuge tube method on detecting schistosome eggs.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 803 residents aged from 6-65 years were selected in 2 schistosomiasis endemic villages, Jiangling County, Hubei Province, and their stool samples were collected and detected parallelly by the Kato-Katz technique, nylon silk egg hatching method, and Parasep® feces centrifuge tube method at the same time.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the 803 people, 15 cases were found of schistosome egg positive, and the positive rate was 1.87%. The positive rates of the Kato-Katz technique, nylon silk egg hatching method, and Parasep® feces centrifuge tube method were 0.75%, 1.49% and 1.12%, respectively. The schistosome eggs got with the Parasep® feces centrifuge tube method were clear and easy to identify.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In low endemic areas of schistosomiasis, the Parasep® feces centrifuge tube method can be used as schistosomiasis japonica etiology diagnosis method.
authors.forename: Nian
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Hua-ming
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chuan-yun
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Xiao-hong
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Li-chun
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Cai-xia
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Zu-wu
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Tu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002498:Centrifugation / Q000379:methods*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000379:methods*; D012547:Schistosoma / Q000502:physiology*; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000175:diagnosis