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incubation techniques for hookworm larvae

Saturday, February 28, 2009

I’m researching incubation methods, and hopefully in a few weeks I will embark on my first McMaster egg count. There seem to be 3 choices for incubating the hookworm larvae; the Baermann, Harada-Mori, and the AP method (agar plate.) Here’s a nice visual and thorough list of requirements for the first two methods:
http://books.google.com/books?id=8AWz0cS6e9kC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq#PPA115,M1
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This guy had only 5 hookworm larvae….for 18 years!!!

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Light, long-lasting Necator infection in a volunteer.
Beaver PC.
School of Public Health, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112.
“A Necator infection produced by percutaneous exposure of a volunteer to three larvae was followed with periodic egg counts for 4 months beyond 18 years when passage of eggs in the feces ceased permanently. During the 2nd year of [...]

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Day -1: Going to Tijuana

Monday, December 17, 2007

I wake up early wet with sweat. I’ve gone to the bathroom 4 times already. Painful, diarrhea, it hurts to wipe. Blood on the toilet paper. A watery mess in my underwear. Drops all over the floor. I’m exhausted and we haven’t even begun. I look in on my girls, and they are sweet and [...]

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