SUMMARY This Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology document on the laboratory
diagnosis of parasites from the gastrointestinal tract provides practical information for the …

In the 21st century the field of diagnostic medical parasitology continues to see dramatic
changes, including newly recognized pathogens and the changing endemicity and …

Over the past few decades, nucleic acid-based methods have been developed for the
diagnosis of intestinal parasitic infections. Advantages of nucleic acid-based methods are …

Following the success of nucleic acid-based detection in virology and bacteriology, multiplex
real-time PCRs are increasingly used as first-line diagnostics in clinical parasitology …

The key to performance of diagnostic medical parasitology procedures is formal training and
experience. The majority of diagnostic parasitology procedures can be performed either …

Enteric parasites are major contributors to the global diarrhoeal disease load, infecting>
67.2 million people. Their prevalence and clinical impact, however, are underestimated due …

For many years PCR-and other DNA-based methods of pathogen detection have been
available in most clinical microbiology laboratories; however, until recently these tools were …

Background Parasitic diseases are one of the world's most devastating and prevalent
infections, causing millions of morbidities and mortalities annually. In the past, many of these …

Molecular detection of gastrointestinal protozoa is more sensitive and more specific than
microscopy but, to date, has not routinely replaced time-consuming microscopic analysis …

This manual is based on material developed for courses in the" Laboratory Diagnosis of
Parasitic Diseases," which have been presented by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) …