Simple Fecal Flotation Is a Superior Alternative to Guadruple Kato Katz Smear Examination for the Detection of Hookworm Eggs in Human Stool

• Tawin Inpankaew ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tawin Inpankaew, Fabian Schär

  * E-mail: fvettwi@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Fabian Schär ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tawin Inpankaew, Fabian Schär

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Virak Khieu,

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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• Sinuon Muth,

  Affiliation National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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• Anders Dalsgaard,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Hanspeter Marti,

  Affiliations University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Medical and Diagnostics Department, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland

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• Rebecca J. Traub ,

  ¶RJT and PO are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• Peter Odermatt

  ¶RJT and PO are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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