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ArticleJournal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology2021

Comparison of diagnostic performance of single and multiple fecal sampling in the detection of soil-transmitted helminths in school-aged children.

Sangeeta Deka, Dipankar Barua, Hiranya Saikia, Deepjyoti Kalita

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Article in Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sangeeta DekaDepartment of Microbiology, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College & Hospital (FAAMCH), Barpeta, Assam India.
Dipankar BaruaDepartment of Pathology, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College & Hospital (FAAMCH), Barpeta, Assam India.
Hiranya SaikiaDepartment of SPM, Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH), Dibrugarh, Assam India.
Deepjyoti KalitaDepartment of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Virbhadra Road, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand 249203 India.ORCID 0000-0002-5609-7492
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh · INAssam Medical College · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are widely distributed globally and India is a significant contributor to the overall global burden of the disease. Microscopic methods like Kato-Katz (K-K) thick smear and direct smear microscopy by wet mount (DSM) are widely used for STH diagnosis due to their ease in performance. Still, low sensitivity proves to be a significant limitation of these methods. This study explores the diagnostic performance of two and three consecutive-day stool samples compared to the common practice of single stool sample examination. We observed that the three consecutive-day stool examination technique increased overall helminth positivity from 12% to 16.3% in K-K and 11.5-15.9% in DSM, indicating that multiple sampling can diagnose intestinal helminthiasis more accurately. A significant increase in the intensities of hookworms (by 37.5%;

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Ascaris lumbricoidesDiagnosisHookwormsSoil-transmitted helminthTrichuris trichiura

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PMID34295029
PMCPMC8254673
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