Monthly Archives: February 2011

Why McMaster ova counts are largely worthless for detecting changes in helminth population

Posted on February 20, 2011 by jasperl

The Argument Against Egg Counts as an Indicator of Helminth Number Parasitology texts note that per day female hookworm and whipworm ova production varies from 2,000 to 20,000 total. For this reason alone any estimate based on an ova count … Continue reading →

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Part 2: Follow up on progress of “A”

Posted on February 15, 2011 by jasperl

This is, as the title suggests, one in a series of posts, almost entirely derived from emails from her family that they send me periodically to keep us up-to-date. At the end of this post, and in a few minutes … Continue reading →

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