| the potential usefulness of the modified kato thick smear technique in the detection of intestinal sarcocystosis during field surveys. | a total of 479 stool specimens were collected from rural communities of ubon ratchathani province, thailand and examined by two techniques: the modified kato thick smear and the direct smear. the prevalence of opisthorchis viverrini (14.8%), hookworm (10.2%), sarcocystis spp (4.6%), taenia spp (2.9%), strongyloides stercoralis (2.1%), giardia lamblia (1.2%), echinostoma spp (0.6%), ascaris lumbricoides (0.4%), entamoeba histolytica (0.2%), chilomastix mesnili (0.2%) and endolimax nana (0.2%) wer ... | 2007 | 17539271 |