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[Current trends in parasitological diagnosis]. 1990

H Marti, and G Bordmann, and N Weiss

Diagnostik-Zentrum des Schweizerischen Tropeninstituts, Basel.

During the past few years a number of modern techniques has found its way into the discipline of diagnostic parasitology. The scale of these new tool ranges from highly sensitive and low toxic fixatives for intestinal protozoa, to rapid detection methods for malarial parasites and to the techniques of modern biology, like hybridoma and DNA technology.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010270	Parasite Egg Count	Determination of parasite eggs in feces.	Count, Parasite Egg,Counts, Parasite Egg,Egg Count, Parasite,Egg Counts, Parasite,Parasite Egg Counts
D010271	Parasites	Invertebrate organisms that live on or in another organism (the host), and benefit at the expense of the other. Traditionally excluded from definition of parasites are pathogenic BACTERIA; FUNGI; VIRUSES; and PLANTS; though they may live parasitically.	Parasite
D010272	Parasitic Diseases	Infections or infestations with PARASITES. They are often contracted through contact with an intermediate vector, but may occur as the result of direct exposure.	Parasite Infections,Parasitic Infections,Disease, Parasitic,Diseases, Parasitic,Infection, Parasite,Infection, Parasitic,Infections, Parasite,Infections, Parasitic,Parasite Infection,Parasitic Disease,Parasitic Infection
D010274	Parasitology	The study of parasites and PARASITIC DISEASES.	Medical Parasitology,Parasitology, Medical
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia