Giardia lamblia also known as Giardia intestinalis, or Giardia duodenalis is a protozoan flagellate. It is transmitted by the fecal-oral route and causes the diarrheal illness called...
Month: July 2016
Entero-Test, also known as string test or duodenal parasites test is a simple and convenient method of sampling duodenal contents/gastrointestinal fluid. The sample is examined to detect the presence...
For organisms that grow well on agar plates, a streak plate is the method of choice for obtaining pure culture. The streak plate technique is used to isolate the organisms (mostly bacteria) from a...
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is an efficient and cost-effective molecular tool to copy or amplify small segments of DNA or RNA. PCR combines the principles of complementary nucleic acid...