Laboratory validation of the automated diagnosis of intestinal parasites via fecal sample processing for the recovery of intestinal parasites through the dissolved air flotation technique

Table 2 Average percentage of parasitic structures floated in relation to the surfactant or microbubble charge modifying polymer in the DAF assays in triplicates (n = 12)

Experiment		A. lumbricoides	S. mansoni	G. duodenalis	S. stercoralis
Experiment		% floated	% floated	% floated	% floated
CTAB	1	93.17	72.34	46.94	91.63
	2	82.71	64.38	51.44	85.75
	3	88.32	61.54	46.94	96.39
	Average	88.07	66.09	48.44	91.26
CPC	1	76.38	–	41.83	69.23
	2	92.58	69.57	43.00	65.38
	3	89.69	76.47	41.05	72.00
	Average	86.21	73.02	41.96	68.87
Quitosana	1	57.54	51.22	18.31	88.60
	2	42.75	30.61	36.66	76.32
	3	52.33	60.42	43.59	72.36
	Average	50.87*	47.42*	32.86	79.09
PDADMAC	1	77.59	76.00	–	86.67
	2	75.57	73.81	–	74.42
	3	56.69	70.73	–	72.00
	Average	69.95	73.51	–	77.70
Natrosol	1	25.06	41.67	18.17	55.35
	2	30.96	50.88	29.22	36.96
	3	25.70	29.55	24.63	42.78
	Average	27.24*	40.70*	24.01*	45.03*

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