IMPROVEMENT OF THE MERTHIOLATE-IODINE-FORMALIN (MIF) FECAL TECHNIQUE FOR HOOKWORM, TRICHURIS-TRICHIURA, AND ASCARIS-LUMBRICOIDES EGGS

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BAWDEN, MP [1 ]
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[1] GORGAS MEM LAB,NAVAL MED RES & TRAINING UNIT,PANAMA CITY,FL
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10.2307/3283420
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R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
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The merthiolate-iodine-formalin (MIF) technique to detect human intestinal parasites in feces was inefficient for the detection of hookworm and Trichuris trichiura eggs. Addition of a saturated-brine flotation step increased recovery of hookworm eggs by 77% and Trichuris trichiura eggs by 87%. Recovery of Ascaris lumbricoides also was increased by 71%. This was a significant improvement in the sensitivity of the MIF technique for these 3 kinds of human parasite.
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