Traditionally, laboratory identification of parasites has relied upon various phenotypic procedures that detect their morphological, biological, and immunological features. Because these procedures tend to be time-consuming and technically demanding, molecular methods based on nucleic acid amplification technologies have been increasingly utilized
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Sarcomastigophora: Acanthamoeba. Balamuthia. Blastocystis. Dientamoeba. Entamoeba. Giardia. Leishmania. Naegleria. Pentatrichomonas. Trichomonas. Trypanosoma. Ciliophora and Apicomplex: Babesia. Balantidium. Cryptosporidium. Cyclospora. Isospora. Plasmodium. Sarcocystis. Toxoplasma. Platyhelminthes: Cestoda: Diphyllobothrium. Dipylidium. Echinococcus and Echinococcosis. Hymenolepis. Mesocestoides. Spirometra. Taenia. Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Clonorchis. Dicrocoelium. Echinostomes. Fasciola. Fasciolopsis. Gastrodiscoides. Haplorchis. Heterophyidae. Metagonimus. Nanophyetus. Opisthorchis. Paragonimus. Plagiorchis. and Schistosomiasis. Trichobilharzia. Nematoda: Ancylostoma. Angiostrongylus. Anisakis. Ascaris. Baylisascaris. Brugia. Capillaria. Dioctophyme. Dirofilaria. Dracunculus. Enterobius. Gnathostoma. Haemonchus. Loa. Mansonella. Marshallagia. Necator. Oesophagostomum. Onchocerca. Pseudoterranova and Contracaecum. Strongyloides. Syphacia. Thelazia. Toxocara. Trichinella. Trichostrongylus. Trichuris. Wuchereria. Arthropoda: Arachnida: Argasidae (Soft Ticks). Demodex (Hair Follicle Mite). Dermanyssus, Ornithonyssus, and Trombicula (red, fowl, and harvest mites). Ixodidae (Hard Ticks). Pyroglyphidae and Glycyphagidae (House Dust and Storage Mites). Sarcoptes (Itch Mite). Arthropoda: Insecta: Calliphoridae, Oestridae, and Sarcophagidae (Myiasis-Causing Flies). Cimex (Bedbug). Pediculus (Body and Head Lice). Phthirus (Crab Louse). Pulex, Xenopsylla, and Ctenocephalides (Human, Rat and Dog/Cat Fleas). Tunga (Jigger Flea). Arthropoda: Pentastomida: Armillifer, Linguatula, and Porocephalus (Tongue Worms).