Practical class 5 - Diagnosis of Protozoal Infections
Learning outcomes
After this class I expect you to be able to:
1. Identify the rhizopod, ciliate and flagellate protozoa by their type of movement in wet-film preparations.
2. Identify and distinguish between trophozoites and cyst forms of Balantidium in stained smear preparations.
3. Identify Trichomonas in stained smear preparations.
4. Identify Babesia divergens in stained smear preparations.
5. Distinguish between Babesia divergens and B. major
6. Identify certain stages in the life cycle of tissue-cyst forming protozoa from gross pathology and histological sections
7. Describe the relative merits and demerits of methods used for the diagnosis protozoal infections