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Quantitative Buffy Coat (QBC) Test

Last updated on May 31st, 2021Two methods, thick and thin blood smear microscopy are regarded as the “gold standard” for the diagnosis of malaria. Quantitative Buffy Coat is another direct and rapid test for the […]

Amoebic dysentery vs. Bacillary dysentery

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Last updated on June 11th, 2021Bacillary dysentery also known as shigellosis is a bacterial disease caused by a group of bacteria called Shigella spp. Other bacterial causes of dysentery are, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Enteroinvasive E.coli (EIEC), […]

Taenia solium vs. Taenia saginata

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Last updated on June 11th, 2021Taeniasis is the parasitic infection of humans caused by adult tapeworm species; i.e. Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm), Taenia solium (pork tapeworm), or Taenia asiatica (Asian tapeworm). T. solium and T. saginata have a worldwide distribution but […]

Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT): Procedure, Results

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Last updated on June 2nd, 2021Bleeding into the gastrointestinal tract may be profuse with the vomiting of blood (haematemesis) or the passage of blood through the rectum (melaena). When the bleeding is chronic with only small […]

Direct Saline/ Iodine Wet Mount for Diagnosis of Intestinal Parasites

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Last updated on June 7th, 2021Stool is the most common specimen submitted to the diagnostic laboratory for the examination of parasitic infestations. The most commonly performed procedure in parasitology is the ova and parasite (O […]

Nobel Prize-2015 for Discoveries related to Parasitic Disease

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Last updated on June 7th, 2021The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 was conferred to three scientists for their groundbreaking research work on parasitic disease. This year Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was […]

Infective Stages of the Parasites (with examples)

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Last updated on May 30th, 2021Plasmodium Vivax (Malaria): Sporozoite Sprozoites have a special predilection towards the salivary glands, so their concentration reaches a maximum in salivary ducts. When an infected female anopheles mosquito bites a […]

Buffy Coat: Definition, Preparation, Uses

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Last updated on May 31st, 2021A buffy coat suspension is a concentrated leukocyte suspension. It contains most of the white blood cells and platelets from a whole blood sample. Blood stages can be concentrated using centrifugation […]

Normal Red Blood Cell and Sickle Shaped RBC

Relationship between sickle cell anemia and malaria

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Last updated on July 4th, 2021Resistance to Malaria A number of genetic factors provide some resistance to infection by various Plasmodium spp. Hemoglobin S, thalassemia, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase or G6PD deficiency are associated with increased resistance to Plasmodium falciparum. […]

Cellophane (Scotch) Tape Preparation for Pinworm Examination

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Last updated on June 2nd, 2021Enterobius vermicularis also known as pinworm or threadworm or seatworm is a white roundworm parasite that has worldwide distribution. It affects persons of all ages and socioeconomic status. School-aged and […]

Lab Diagnosis of Lymphatic Filariasis

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Last updated on May 31st, 2021Lymphatic filariasis can be diagnosed clinically and through laboratory techniques. Demonstration of microfilarae in the peripheral blood Collection of blood specimen The microfilariae that cause lymphatic filariasis circulates in the […]

Infectious causes of Cancer: Bacteria, Virus and Parasites

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Last updated on May 2nd, 2021Infectious agents, such as viruses and bacteria, are the causes of several common cancers. Infection with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori predisposes to gastric cancer. Chronic infection with HBV, HCV predisposes […]