About the Author: A short biography.
About Gamma-Dynacare
Medical Laboratories
List of Contributors and Consultants
Safety Issues: Includes universal safety precautions and more.
Stool Collection and Fixation: New specimen collection guidelines and how to obtain the best stool sample.
Pinworm Collection Technique: Includes paddle and scotch tape technique.
Microscopy: Includes Kohler illumination, and micrometer calibration.
Microscopy: The vernier scale and coordinates.
Stool For Parasite Set Up Procedure: Includes stool setup procedure, concentration and staining.
Wet Mount Slide Preparation-Demonstration: Proper procedure for preparing a wet mount using a 22 x 22 mm coverslip.
Concentrate Scanning Technique: Procedure for scanning a wet mount also
includes CMLTO guidelines.
Special Stain Scanning Technique: Procedure for scanning a special stain also includes CMLTO guidelines.
Amoeba Morphology Illustrations Comparison of various amoeba cyst, trophozoite and nuclei.
Introduction To The Helminths: Contains the most common helminths.
Introduction To The Entamoeba Species This version contains E. histolytica/dispar, E. coli, E. hartmanni and E. polecki.
Introduction to the Non-Entamoeba species: D. fragilis (a flagellate), E. nana and I. buetschlii.
Introduction to the Flagellates Contains the flagellates infecting man.
Introduction to the Microsporidia and Coccidia: Contains C. parvum,
C. cayetanensis, I. belli and Enterocytozoon bieneusi.
Introduction to the Hard Bodied Ticks and Lyme Disease: Common hard bodied ticks
Blastocystis hominis An update
Introduction to the Medically Important Arthropods: Includes P. pubis and P. humanus also nit comparison.
Entamoeba species Differentiation Charts: A chart outlining the morphology of the Entamoeba species.
Treatment: As per The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy, 1999.