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| Title |
A modified assay for the enumeration of ascaris eggs in fresh raw sewage
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| Published in |
MethodsX, May 2017
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.mex.2017.04.001 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Esmaeil Shahsavari, Jonathan Schmidt, Arturo Aburto-Medina, Basma Khallaf, Vivek Balakrishnan, Nicholas D. Crosbie, Aravind Surapaneni, Andrew S. Ball |
| Abstract |
Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) pose a significant public health problem, infecting approximately 2 billion people globally. Despite relatively low prevalence in developed countries, the removal of STHs from wastewater remains crucial to allow the safe use of biosolids or recycled water for agriculture. Wastewater helminth egg count data can contribute to an assessment of the need for, or success of, a parasite management program. Although the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended a standard method for counting helminth eggs in raw sewage based on the method of Bailenger (Ayres et al., 1996), the method generally results in low percentage egg recoveries. Given the importance of determining the presence of STHs, it is essential to develop novel techniques that optimise the recovery rate of eggs from raw sewage. In the present study: •The method described by Bowman et al. (2003) was optimized for the concentration and enumeration of helminth eggs in raw sewage from municipal sewage treatment plants.•The method is simple and reproducible and recovers a greater percentage of helminth eggs compared to the WHO method. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 17 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 17 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 18% |
| Researcher | 3 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 18% |
| Lecturer | 2 | 12% |
| Other | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 5 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 24% |
| Engineering | 3 | 18% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 2 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 6% |
| Chemistry | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 5 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 June 2017.
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