Open AccessEvaluation of various culture techniques for identification of hookworm species from stool samples of children
Author(s) -
Onila gmaithem,
T Shantikumar,
Sunil Dutta
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_938_17
Subject(s) - helminths , feces , hookworm infection , identification (biology) , biology , hookworm infections , zoology , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , ecology
Different coproculture techniques have been developed for culturing the hookworm (HW) larvae for morphological identification in the resource-limited settings. The objective of this study was to compare the performances of Harada-Mori culture (HMC), agar plate culture (APC) and modified APC (MAPC) of HW positive stool specimens for identification of HW species in East Sikkim.