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Volume 24, Number 8—August 2018
Dispatch

Capillaria Ova and Diagnosis of Trichuris trichiura Infection in Humans by Kato-Katz Smear, Liberia

Kerstin Fischer, Abakar Gankpala, Lincoln Gankpala, Fatorma K. Bolay, Kurt C. Curtis, Gary J. Weil, and Peter U. FischerComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA (K. Fischer, K.C. Curtis, G.J. Weil, P.U. Fischer); National Public Health Institute of Liberia, Charlesville, Liberia (A. Gankpala, L. Gankpala, F.K. Bolay)

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Helminth eggs found in stool samples from persons in Lofa County, Liberia. A, B) Eggs of Trichuris trichiura in samples positive for T. trichiura by Kato-Katz smear and by qPCR. C–F) Eggs of Capillaria spp. in samples positive for T. trichiura by Kato-Katz smear but negative for T. trichiura by qPCR. G) Egg of Capillaria spp. in sample positive for Ascari lumbricoides by Kato-Katz smear but negative for A. lumbricoides by qPCR. H) Egg of A. lumbricoides in sample positive for A. lumbricoides by

Figure. Helminth eggs found in stool samples from persons in Lofa County, Liberia. A, B) Eggs of Trichuris trichiura in samples positive for T. trichiura by Kato-Katz smear and by qPCR. C–F) Eggs of Capillaria spp. in samples positive for T. trichiura by Kato-Katz smear but negative for T. trichiura by qPCR. G) Egg of Capillaria spp. in sample positive for Ascari lumbricoides by Kato-Katz smear but negative for A. lumbricoides by qPCR. H) Egg of A. lumbricoides in sample positive for A. lumbricoides by Kato-Katz smear and qPCR. Scale bars indicate 20 µm. qPCR, quantitative PCR.

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