Informational Tables

- 1.1 Parasite Classification | - 1.2 Body Site, Specimens, Procedures, Parasites, Comments | - 1.3 STAT Testing in Parasitology | - 1.4 Test Issues and Reports: Computer Report Comments| - 1.5 Rapid Diagnostic Testing
- 2.1 Stool Testing Order Recommendations | - 2.2 Fecal specimens for parasites: options for collection and processinga² | - 2.3 Preservatives used for Stool Specimens
- 3.1 Body Sites and Specimen Collection | - 3.2 Body sites and the most common parasites recovered | - 3.3 Body Site, Specimens and Recommended Stain | - 3.4 Examination of tissues and body fluids | - 3.5 Parasitic Infections: Clinical Findings Healthy/Compromised Hosts | - 3.6 Microscope Calibration | - 3.7 Serologic, Antigen, and Probe Tests for Parasite Diagnosis
- 4.1 Protozoa: Intestinal Tract, Urogenital System: Key Characteristics | - 4.2 Tissue Protozoa: Characteristics | - 4.3 Tips on Performance of Fecal Immunoassays for Intestinal Protozoa
5.1 Helminths: Key Characteristics | 5.2 Helminth Parasites Associated with Eosinophilia
6.1 Reference Laboratory for Parasite Blood Testing | 6.2 Parasites Found in Blood: Characteristics
7.1 Malaria (5 Species) (2 P. ovale subspecies) | 7.2 Malaria (5 Species, Images) | 7.3 Rapid Malaria Testing (BinaxNOW Malaria Test) | 7.4 Malaria Parasitemia Method | 7.5 Malaria Parasitemia Interpretation
- USE OF A REFERENCE LABORATORY FOR PARASITE BLOOD DIAGNOSTIC TESTING (Including the Binax Rapid Test and Report Comments)
- HELMINTH PARASITES ASSOCIATED WITH EOSINOPHILIA | - Histology: Staining Characteristics - Table 1 | - Histological Identification of Parasites - Table 2 | - Microscope Calibration | - Figures for Histology Identification Table 2 |

Table 3.7 Serologic, antigen, and probe tests for parasite diagnosis

Disease	Routine antibody testsa	Antigen or probe testsb
Protozoa Amebiasis	EIA, IHA	EIA, IFA, PCRc
Babesiosis	IFA	PCR
Chagas’ disease	CF, EIA, IFA	PCR
Cryptosporidiosis		DFA, EIA, IFA, PCR, Rapid
Giardiasis		DFA, EIA, PCR, Rapid
Leishmaniasis	EIA, IFA	PCR, Rapid
Malaria	IFA	PCR, Rapid
Microsporidiosis		IFAc
Toxoplasmosis	EIA, IFA, LA	PCR
Trichomoniasis		DFA, LA, DNA probe, Rapid
Trypanosomiasis (African)	CA, IFA	PCR
Helminths	EIA, IB
Cysticercosis
Echinococcosis	EIA, IB
Fascioliasis	EIA, IB
Filariasis	EIA	Rapid
Paragonimiasis	EIA, IB
Schistosomiasis	EIA, IB	EIA
Strongyloidiasis	EIA
Toxocariasis	EIA
Trichinellosis	BF, EIA

a BF, bentonite flocculation; CA, card agglutination; CF, complement fixation; EIA, enzyme immunoassay; IB, immunoblot; IHA, indirect hemagglutination; IFA, indirect fluorescent antibody.

b DFA, direct fluorescent antibody; EIA, enzyme immunoassay; IFA, indirect fluorescent antibody; LA, latex agglutination; Rapid, lateral-flow cartridge.

c Reagents are not commercially available (includes all PCR tests and IFA for microsporidia only).