Review Article

Diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases: Old and New Approaches

Table 2

Diagnostic tools for the detection of specific intestinal parasitic diseases.

PROTOZOATREMATODESCESTODESNEMATODES
CryptosporidiosisFasciolosisSchistosomiasisTaeniasis/ CysticercosisHydatidosisFilariasisStrongylodiasis
Cryptosporidium parvum, C. hominisFasciola hepatica, F. giganticaSchistosoma mansoniTaenia soliumEchinococcus granulosus, E. multilocularisWuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, B. timori, Loa loaStrongyloides stercoralis

MICROSCOPY[87][88][89][90][91][92]

SEROLOGY BASED ASSAYS

ELISA[93, 94][88, 95][96, 97][98101][102106][14][107111]
FAST-ELISA[112][1]
Dot-ELISA or Dipstick[113, 114][115][116, 117][118120]
DHA or IHA[121][122][123][124]
DFA or IFA[93, 125, 126][127, 128]
Immunoblot [112] [129] [130, 131] [122] [132]
LIPS[133][134]

MOLECULAR-BASED ASSAYS

PCR[135, 136][137, 138][139, 140][141143][144]
RT-PCR [145147] [148, 149] [150]
LAMP[151, 152][153]
Luminex [154]
PCR-ELISA[155]
OC-PCR[156]

PROTEOMICS

Mass Spectrometry (LDMS, MALDI-TOF, SELDI-TOF)[157][158]

Abbreviations: see Table 1.