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Where concentration procedures are not available, a direct wet mount examination of the specimen is adequate for detecting moderate to heavy infections.  For quantitative assessments of infection, various methods such as the Kato-Katz can be used.
Where concentration procedures are not available, a direct wet mount examination of the specimen is adequate for detecting moderate to heavy infections.  For quantitative assessments of infection, various methods such as the Kato-Katz can be used.
 
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'''(A)''', '''(B)''': Hookworm eggs examined on wet mount (eggs of ''Ancylostoma duodenale'' and ''Necator americanus'' cannot be distinguished morphologically).   
'''(A)''' and '''(B)''': Hookworm eggs examined on wet mount (eggs of ''Ancylostoma duodenale'' and ''Necator americanus'' cannot be distinguished morphologically).   


Diagnostic characteristics:
Diagnostic characteristics:
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Examination of the eggs cannot distinguish between ''N. americanus'' and ''A. duodenale''. Larvae can be used to differentiate between ''N. americanus'' and ''A. duodenale'', by rearing filariform larvae in a fecal smear on a moist filter paper strip for 5 to 7 days (Harada-Mori). Occasionally, it may be necessary to distinguish between the rhabditiform larvae (L2) of hookworms and those of ''Strongyloides stercoralis''.
Examination of the eggs cannot distinguish between ''N. americanus'' and ''A. duodenale''. Larvae can be used to differentiate between ''N. americanus'' and ''A. duodenale'', by rearing filariform larvae in a fecal smear on a moist filter paper strip for 5 to 7 days (Harada-Mori). Occasionally, it may be necessary to distinguish between the rhabditiform larvae (L2) of hookworms and those of ''Strongyloides stercoralis''.
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Laboratory Findings

Microscopy

Microscopic identification of eggs in the stool is the most common method for diagnosing hookworm infection. The recommended procedure is as follows:

  1. Collect a stool specimen.
  2. Fix the specimen in 10% formalin.
  3. Concentrate using the formalin–ethyl acetate sedimentation technique.
  4. Examine a wet mount of the sediment.

Where concentration procedures are not available, a direct wet mount examination of the specimen is adequate for detecting moderate to heavy infections. For quantitative assessments of infection, various methods such as the Kato-Katz can be used.

(A) and (B): Hookworm eggs examined on wet mount (eggs of Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus cannot be distinguished morphologically).

Diagnostic characteristics:

  • Size 57 to 76 µm by 35 to 47 µm
  • Oval or ellipsoidal shape
  • Thin shell

The embryo in (B) has begun cellular division and is at an early (gastrula) developmental stage.

Examination of the eggs cannot distinguish between N. americanus and A. duodenale. Larvae can be used to differentiate between N. americanus and A. duodenale, by rearing filariform larvae in a fecal smear on a moist filter paper strip for 5 to 7 days (Harada-Mori). Occasionally, it may be necessary to distinguish between the rhabditiform larvae (L2) of hookworms and those of Strongyloides stercoralis.

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