QBC Microhematocrit Centrifugation Method
Animal Inoculation and Xenodiagnosis
Antibody and Antigen Detection
Antigen Detection and Nucleic Acid-Based Tests
Table 4.1 Body Site, Procedures and Specimens, Recommended Methods and Relevant Parasites, and Comments
Table 4.2 Serologic, Antigen, and Probe Tests Used in the Diagnosis of Parasitic Infections
SECTION 5 Specific Test Procedures and Algorithms
SEDIMENTATION CONCENTRATION (Formalin-Ethyl Acetate)
FLOTATION CONCENTRATION (Zinc Sulfate)
Stains Used in the Permanent Stained Smear
TRICHROME STAIN (Wheatley’s Method)
IRON HEMATOXYLIN STAIN (Spencer-Monroe Method)
IRON HEMATOXYLIN STAIN (Tompkins-Miller Method)
MODIFIED IRON HEMATOXYLIN STAIN (Incorporating the Carbol Fuchsin Step)
Specialized Stains for Coccidia and Microsporidia
KINYOUN’S ACID-FAST STAIN (Cold Method)
MODIFIED ZIEHL-NEELSEN ACID-FAST STAIN (Hot Method)
CARBOL FUCHSIN NEGATIVE STAIN FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM (W. L. Current)
RAPID SAFRANIN METHOD FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM (D. Baxby)
RAPID SAFRANIN METHOD FOR CYCLOSPORA, USING A MICROWAVE OVEN (Govinda Visvesvara)
AURAMINE O STAIN FOR COCCIDIA (Thomas Hänscheid)
MODIFIED TRICHROME STAIN FOR MICROSPORIDIA (Weber, Green Counterstain)
MODIFIED TRICHROME STAIN FOR MICROSPORIDIA (Ryan, Blue Counterstain)
MODIFIED TRICHROME STAIN FOR MICROSPORIDIA (Evelyn Kokoskin, Hot Method)
Fecal Immunoassays for Intestinal Protozoa
