Comparison of sensitivity and faecal egg counts of Mini-FLOTAC using fixed stool samples and Kato-Katz technique for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni and soil-transmitted helminths
- 1 December 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Acta Tropica
- Vol. 164, 107-116
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
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