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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 -2: Driving to LA

Sunday, December 16, 2007

I’m driving to Tijuana to get purposely infected with hookworms. I can’t believe I’m doing this. Of all the treatments I’ve tried for Crohn’s, this has to be the most bizarre. 10 wriggly little worms. The actual larvae. Burrowing into my skin!
It better work.
The drive down is uneventful save for the relentless boredom of highway [...]

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