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Coprology is the gold standard for diagnosis, but it has low sensitivity in low parasite loads. The objective of this study was to evaluate four Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) targets for molecular diagnosis. Stool samples were collected from 180 residents of the rural community Tierra Blanca, Bol\u00edvar State, Venezuela, in which coproparasitological tests were performed. Four DNA extraction methods were standardized, and four PCR techniques were studied: NaITS1F\/NaITS1R (ITS1), Na58\/Na158R (ITS2), NA\/NC2 (ITS2-28S) and NC1\/NC2 (ITS2-28S) for\n                    <jats:italic>N. americanus<\/jats:italic>\n                    . Only two of these techniques could be standardized and evaluated, as amplification was not achieved with the other two. The two standardized techniques were applied to all samples, and diagnostic indices were obtained. The results showed that extraction with the Wizard kit was the most suitable due to the quality of the DNA obtained. 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