Open AccessQuantative assesment of kato-katz thick smear and formol-ether concentration technique for the diagnosis of Ascaris lumbricoides
Author(s) -
Hamida Khanum,
Mafruha Alam,
Md Imtiaz Khalil,
Rashidul Haque
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the dhaka university journal of biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2408-8501
pISSN - 1021-2787
DOI - 10.3329/dujbs.v24i1.46310
Subject(s) - ascaris lumbricoides , ether , ether anesthesia , veterinary medicine , medicine , zoology , biology , toxicology , chemistry , helminths , immunology , organic chemistry
The quantitative analysis of A. lumbricoides eggs in stool of 205 subjects (male 101 and female 104) showed that the mean eggs per gram(EPG) by Kato‐ Katz (KK) (EPG = 11130.89) was markedly higher than those of Formal‐Ether concentration technique (FE) (EPG = 1593.32). Co‐efficient of correlation was significant (r = 0.453**) at p = 0.01 level. Age based comparison among the subjects also revealed that KK had a better quantification of A. lumbricoides eggs than FE.
Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. 24(1): 65-72, 2015 (January)