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 giardiasis...
Category: Parasitology
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...
Entamoeba histolytica is an enteric protozoan parasite with worldwide distribution. It is responsible for amoebic dysentery (bloody diarrhea) and invasive extraintestinal amebiasis (such as liver...
Kato Katz technique is used for qualitative and semi-quantitative diagnosis of intestinal helminthic infestations; caused by Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, hookworm, and...
Trichomonas vaginalis is a protozoan parasite. It causes trichomoniasis; a sexually transmitted infection. The primary habitat of this organism is the vagina and prostate. In infected females, it...
The NNN (Novy-MacNeal-Nicolle) is a common culture medium for isolating the agent of the genus Leishmania, which causes leishmaniasis. The culture of this organism in suitable media...
