A comparison of post-mortem analysis of helminths with faecal egg counts
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 69 (4), 406-409
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(75)90198-4
Abstract
Intestinal helminth infections are very common amongst residents of the Colombo area. Most common by post-mortem examination of 104 cases of sudden death were Trichuris trichiura (97·1%), Necator americanus (88·5%), Enterobius vermicularis (77·9%) and Ascaris lumbricoides (40·4%). Trematode and cestode infections were not encountered except a single case of H. diminuta infection. A comparison of the results obtained by the direct smear method for examining stools missed cases harbouring gravid females of up to 3 Ascaris lumbricoides, 29 Trichuris trichiura and 66 Necator americanus. The direct smear revealed all the helminths present except threadworms in only 30% of the cases.Keywords
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