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 …

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

Infections causes by parasites of the gastrointestinal tract are a global public health problem.
In industrialised countries, their particular epidemiological (low general prevalence of …

Intestinal parasitic diseases occur worldwide and can cause diarrhea or gastroenteritis;
however, their diagnosis is quite difficult, especially in low-endemism countries. We …

Recent literature on the diagnosis of intestinal protozoa has focused mainly on nucleic acid-
based assays, in particular the specific detection of parasite DNA in stool samples using real …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for intestinal parasites are increasingly being used
on fecal DNA samples for enhanced specificity and sensitivity of detection. Comparison of …

Background Accurate quantitative assessment of infection with soil transmitted helminths
and protozoa is key to the interpretation of epidemiologic studies of these parasites, as well …