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Introduction of Giemsa Stain Giemsa stain is a type Romanowsky stain that stains nuclei and cells. It was initially designed for the detection of malarial parasites in blood smears, but it is also used in histology for routine examination of blood smears. This technique uses for …
Introduction of Bacteria and Virus Bacteria are member of a large group of living unicellular microbes having size of cocci 0.5-1.0 µm while bacilli 1-10 µm×3-10µm which have cell walls but lacking an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease like pneumonia, tuberculosis, food …
Introduction of VTM VTM stands for viral transport medium. It is the medium for the storage and transportation of viruses. It does not only preserve viral infectivity within the specimen but also prevents the specimen from drying as well as prevents the growth of other …
Introduction The virus has either DNA or RNA nucleic acid and RNA viruses have RNA nucleic acids. During the replication of these viruses, there are at least three types of RNA that must be synthesized. They are- the genome, a copy of the genome (copy …
Introduction of DNA Viruses The virus is an obligate intracellular infectious agent and on the basis of nucleic acid, it is of two types-DNA viruses and RNA viruses. DNA viruses have DNA genomes. They are replicated by either host or virally encoded DNA polymerases.Some clinically …
Parasites and their infective stages, habitat, and causing diseases list is given as follows- S.No. Name of Parasites Infective stage Habitat Disease 1 Entamoeba histolytica Quadrinucleate cyst Large intestine Dysentery 2 Giardia lamblia Cyst Small intestine Diarrhea 3 a.Plasmodium vivexb.Plasmodium falciparumc.Plasmodium malariaed.Plasmodium ovale Sporozoa RBCs …
Introduction of Clinically Important Parasites Some common clinically important parasites are Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, hookworms, roundworms, Strongyloides stercoralis, Plasmodium species and Leishmania donovani. Clinically Important Parasites Common and Scientific Names Common and Scientific Names of Some Clinically Important Parasites are as follows- S.No. Common …
Introduction of Taenia solium and Taenia saginata Taenia saginata is the beef tapeworm, a worldwide distribution in countries where cattle are raised and beef is eaten. Taenia solium is the pork tapeworm and it is not as widely distributed as T. saginata. It occurs mainly …