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| Philosophy and approach to diagnostic parasitology | |
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| Intestinal protozoa : amebae | |
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| Intestinal protozoa : flagellates and ciliates | |
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| Intestinal protozoa (coccidia and microsporidia) and algae | |
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| Free-living amebae | |
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| Protozoa from other body sites | |
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| Malaria and babesiosis | |
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| Leishmaniasis | |
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| Trypanosomiasis | |
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| Intestinal nematodes | |
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| Tissue nematodes | |
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| Filarial nematodes | |
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| Intestinal cestodes | |
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| Tissue cestodes : larval forms | |
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| Intestinal trematodes | |
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| Liver and lung trematodes | |
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| Blood trematodes : schistosomes | |
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| Unusual parasitic infections | |
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| Parasitic infections in the compromised host | |
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| Nosocomial and laboratory-acquired infections | |
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| Immunology of parasitic infections | |
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| Antibody and antigen detection in parasitic infections | |
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| Histologic identification of parasites | |
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| Medically important arthropods | |
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| Treatment of parasitic infections | |
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| Collection, preservation, and shipment of fecal specimens | |
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| Macroscopic and microscopic examination of fecal specimens | |
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| Additional techniques for stool examination | |
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| Examination of other specimens from the intestinal tract and the urogenital system | |
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| Sputum, aspirates, and biopsy material | |
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| Procedures for detecting blood parasites | |
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| Parasite recovery : culture methods, animal inoculation, and xenodiagnosis | |
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| Fixation and special preparation of fecal parasite specimens and arthropods | |
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| Artifacts that can be confused with parasitic organisms | |
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| Equipment, supplies, safety, and quality system recommendations for a diagnostic parasitology laboratory : factors influencing future laboratory practice | |
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| Medical parasitology : case histories | |