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Enterobiasis Diagnostic Methods
| Diagnostic methods | Pros and cons | | Parasitological diagnosis | | The female pinworms deposit their eggs on the perianal skin. Therefore they are not usually found in faecal samples. The adequate method to detect eggs is the cellulose tape test.
Adult female worms (8–13 mm long) may be seen around the anus or on the surface of a stool sample. | | | Molecular diagnosis | | | No tests developed | | | Antigen detection | | | No tests available | | | Antibody detection | | | Serology has no diagnostic value | |
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