A new diagnostic strategy which uses a luminol-H₂O₂ system to detect helminth eggs in fecal sediments processed by the Helmintex method

• Vivian Favero ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: vivifavero@hotmail.com.br

  Affiliations Research Group on Biomedical Parasitology, School of health and life sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Neurotoxins Laboratory (LaNeuroTox), School of Medicine, Brain Institute and School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5145-4606

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• Carolina De Marco Veríssimo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research Group on Biomedical Parasitology, School of health and life sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Centre for One Health and Ryan Institute, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

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• Angela R. Piovesan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Neurotoxins Laboratory (LaNeuroTox), School of Medicine, Brain Institute and School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center of Biotechnology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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• Alessandra L. Morassutti,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Research Group on Biomedical Parasitology, School of health and life sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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• André A. Souto,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Polytechnic School, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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• Hélio R. Bittencourt,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Polytechnic School, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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• Vanessa F. Pascoal,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Research Group on Biomedical Parasitology, School of health and life sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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• Catieli G. Lindholz,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Research Group on Biomedical Parasitology, School of health and life sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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• Malcolm K. Jones,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia, 4072

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0035-6141

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• Renata P. Souza,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliation Research Group on Biomedical Parasitology, School of health and life sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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• Francine De Vargas Rigo,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliation Research Group on Biomedical Parasitology, School of health and life sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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• Célia R. Carlini,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Neurotoxins Laboratory (LaNeuroTox), School of Medicine, Brain Institute and School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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• Carlos Graeff-Teixeira

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research Group on Biomedical Parasitology, School of health and life sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Infectious Diseases Unit, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Vitoria, Brazil

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