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A technique using continuous action centrifugation for the quantitative recovery of helminth eggs from vegetation and water

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

G. W. Storey  and
R. A. Phillips
G. W. Storey
Affiliation:
Luton College of Higher Education, Bedfordshire
R. A. Phillips
Affiliation:
Luton College of Higher Education, Bedfordshire
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Summary

A rapid technique for the extraction of helminth eggs from vegetation and water is presented. The technique includes a period of continuous action centrifugation and gives recovery efficiencies of 84 % and 96 % from water and vegetation respectively.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 85 , Issue 2 , October 1982 , pp. 257 - 261
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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