CLINICAL BIOTECHNOLOGICAL DETECTION OF SOME PARASITES
S. I. Shalaby*, Mona A. Awad and Devendra Kumar Awasthi
ABSTRACT
Molecular testing is increasingly used to supplement or replace conventional microscopy-based methods of parasite identification. Potential benefits of molecular methods such as nucleic acid amplification tests include increased sensitivity, ability to differentiate morphologically similar organisms. A variety of technologies have been applied, and some specific and general pitfalls and limitations have been identified. This review provides an overview of the multitude of methods that have been reported for the detection of blood and intestinal parasites and offers some guidance in applying these methods in the clinical laboratory and in epidemiological studies.
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