Routine procedures for examination of stool and blood for parasites.
The diagnosis of a parasitic infection depends upon demonstration of the organism in stool, blood, or tissue specimens, and a variety of relatively simple procedures is available for this purpose. In this article, the author describes those procedures that are most frequently used on a routine basis.
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D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood / Q000469:parasitology*; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D005872:Giardia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013048:Specimen Handling; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D014345:Trypanosoma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014352:Trypanosomiasis / Q000175:diagnosis