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7709861

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-10
pubmed:abstractText
An epidemiological survey for infection with Schistosoma mansoni was carried out in the community of Catharina Sophia in northern Surinam. The merits of a more sensitive diagnostic system, the Sedimentation-Selective-Sieving (SSF) method, were evaluated; the results were compared with those obtained with the standard Kato-Katz thick smear technique. Examination of a duplicate Kato smear (2 x 25 mg) resulted in a prevalence of 22% while the real prevalence was shown to be more than 42%. The SSF procedure was shown to have a comparatively high sensitivity although the egg counts per gram (calculated on the basis of examining samples of 2-3 g) were considerably lower than those derived from Kato smears. The implications for epidemiological surveillance of communities with excretion of low numbers of S. mansoni eggs are discussed and the observations are compared with those one might expect on the basis of mathematical modelling (De Vlas et al., 1992).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0001-706X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
221-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
A sedimentation-selective filtration method for the diagnosis of light infections with Schistosoma mansoni.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Parasitology, University of Leiden, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study