Table 1.

Ziehl Neelsen staining and morphological characteristics of T. solium and T. saginata eggs in fresh and preserved stool samples.

	Fresh /		Ziehl Neelsen	Maximal	Transversal
487	Fresh	T. saginata	Magenta	36.5	34
492	Fresh	T. saginata	Magenta	36	32.5
268	Preserved	T. saginata	Magenta	35	28
274	Preserved	T. saginata	Magenta/blue	35	28
279	Preserved	T. saginata	Magenta	38	31
301	Preserved	T. saginata	Magenta/blue	36	32
421	Preserved	T. saginata	Magenta	36	30
453	Preserved	T. saginata	Magenta	35	32.5
492	Preserved	T. saginata	Magenta	35	32.5
500	Preserved	T. saginata	Magenta/blue	35	30
508	Preserved	T. saginata	Magenta/blue	35	32.5
536	Preserved	T. saginata	Magenta/blue	35	32.5
543	Preserved	T. saginata	Magenta/blue	35	32.5
402	Fresh	T. solium	Magenta/blue	32.5	32.5
411	Fresh	T. solium	Magenta/blue	32.5	32.5
459	Fresh	T. solium	Magenta/blue	32.5	32.5
461	Fresh	T. solium	Magenta/blue	32	30
472	Fresh	T. solium	Magenta/blue	31	30
489	Fresh	T. solium	Magenta/blue	33.5	32.5
403	Preserved	T. solium	Magenta	32	32
405	Preserved	T. solium	Blue	29	29
408	Preserved	T. solium	Magenta/blue	32.5	32
409	Preserved	T. solium	Magenta/blue	33	32.5
410	Preserved	T. solium	Blue	32	32
411	Preserved	T. solium	Magenta/blue	33.7	32
413	Preserved	T. solium	Magenta/blue	32.5	32.5
428	Preserved	T. solium	Magenta/blue	32.5	31.5
457	Preserved	T. solium	Magenta/blue	32.5	30
458	Preserved	T. solium	Blue	33.3	30
472	Preserved	T. solium	Blue	32.5	31.5
474	Preserved	T. solium	Magenta/blue	28	28

^*Values correspond to the assessment of all examined egs (staining) or to the mean value obtained from measuring 4 eggs from the same sample (diameters).