MLAB 2462 Clinical II

Objectives for ParasitologyRotation 2013

  1. Name and describe the most ideal methods for collection and handling, isolation, and recovery of specimens containing parasites.
  2. Discuss safety procedures for specimen handling in clinical laboratory.
  3. State the body specimen of choice, including the appropriate processing procedure, to be used for examination to help diagnose medically important parasite infections.
  4. State the geographic distribution and relative incidence of medically important parasitic infections.
  5. List the mode of transmission for each of the medically important parasites.
  6. For each of the following parasites, describe the basic morphological characteristics (macroscopic and microscopic, as appropriate):
  7. Nematodes
  8. Enterobiusvermicularis (pinworm)
  9. Trichuristrichiura (whipworm)
  10. Ascarialumbricoides (large intestinal roundworm)
  11. Necatoramericanus (new world hookworm)
  12. Ancylostomaduodenale (old work hookworm)
  13. Strongyloidesstercoralis (threadworm)
  14. Trichinellaspiralis
  15. Drancunculusmedinensis (Guinea worm)
  16. Wuchereriabancrofti (Bancroft’s filaria)
  17. Brugiamalayi (Malayan filaria)
  18. Loa loa (eye worm)
  19. Onchocerca volvulus (blinding filaria)
  20. Cestodes
  21. Hymenolepis nana (dwarf tapeworm)
  22. Hymenolepisdiminuta (rat tapeworm)
  23. Taeniasaginata (beef tapeworm)
  24. Taeniasolium (pork tapeworm)
  25. Diphyllobothriumlatum (broad fish tapeworm)
  26. Echinococcusgranulosis and Echinococcusmultilocular (hydatid tapeworms)
  27. Dipylidiumcaninum (double-pored tapeworm)
  28. Flukes
  29. Fasciolopsisbuski (giant intestinal fluke)
  30. Heterophyesheterophyes and Metagonimusyokogawai
  31. Fasciola hepatica (sheep liver fluke)
  32. Clonorchissinensis (Oriental or Chinese liver fluke)
  33. Paragonimuswestermani (Oriental lung fluke)
  34. Schistosomamansoni (Manson’s blood fluke)
  35. Schistosomajaponicum (Oriental blood fluke)
  36. Schistosomahaematobium (bladder fluke)
  37. Intestinal & Urogenital Protozoa
  38. Entamoebahistolytica
  39. Entamoebahartmanni
  40. Entamoeba coli
  41. Endolimax nana
  42. Iodamoebabutschlii
  43. Naegleriafowleri
  44. Acanthamoeba spp.
  45. Giardia lamblia (G. intestinalis)
  46. Dientamoebafragilis
  47. Chilomastixmesnili
  48. Trichomonashominis
  49. Trichomonasvaginalis
  50. Balantidium coli
  51. Sacrocystisbovihominis, SarcocystissuihominisSarcocystis spp.
  52. Isospera belli
  53. Cryptosporidium parvum
  54. Cyclosporacayetanensis
  55. Blood and Tissue Protozoa & Pneumocystis carinii
  56. Trypanosomabruceirhodesiense (East African sleeping sickness)
  57. Trypanosomabruceigambiense (West African sleeping sickness)
  58. Trypanosomacruzi (Chagas’ Disease)
  59. Leishmaniatropica (cutaneous Leishmaniasis)
  60. Leishmaniamexicana
  61. Leishmaniabraziliensis
  62. Leishmaniadonovani
  63. Toxoplasma gondii
  64. Babesia spp.
  65. Pneumocystis carinii
  66. Malaria
  67. Plasmodium vivax (benign tertian malaria)
  68. Plasmodium ovale (benign ovale tertian malaria)
  69. Plasmodium malariae (quartan malaria)