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Stool Tests Negative

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

So I took a standard stool test through Quest lab, and all 3 samples came back negative for ova. I did use one stool for all three samples, rather than 3 different days. One has to wonder, are light infections producing enough eggs for the standard test to find them? In the Nottingham dose ranging [...]

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quantitative egg counts

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

So I’ve had a very eventful week calling labs across California to see if they’d do a quantitative egg count for me. The answer from all? No. “Why do you want to do an egg count?” “I’m trying to determine my aproximate worm burden for an experimental hookworm infection.” “How do you do an egg [...]

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