Diagnostic Parasitology I

Course Title: Diagnostic Parasitology I: Intestinal Organisms & Arthropods

Location: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Faculty: Parasitic Diseases Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, CDC, Atlanta, GA

• Henry Bishop, Microbiologist
• Blaine Mathison, BS, M(ASCP), Microbiologist

Course Description: Diagnosis of most parasitic infections is based upon the morphologic characteristics of eggs and larvae of helminths, cysts and trophozoites of protozoa, and immature and adult arthropods. Therefore, it is necessary to correctly process, examine, detect, and identify parasitic organisms from clinical specimens. During this four-day, intermediate-level, hands-on workshop, faculty from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will instruct participants in how to detect and identify medically important intestinal helminths, intestinal protozoa, and arthropods.

Course Objectives: At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Describe morphologic characteristics of intestinal helminths, intestinal protozoa, and arthropods of public health concern.
• Microscopically detect and identify helminths and protozoa.
• Recognize the common genera and species of medically important arthropods.
• Detect Cyclospora cayetanensis using fluorescence microscopy.
• Discuss the process of clearing or staining proglottids with lactophenol cotton blue or India ink.

Course Organizers:

• Laboratory Training Team, Laboratory Training and Services Branch, Division of Laboratory Systems, Center of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

• Rebecca Bandea, M.Ed, Laboratory Coordinator, E-mail: rbandea@cdc.gov
• Karen Ching, Ph.D, Health Scientist, E-mail: kching@cdc.gov

Course Credits: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Laboratory Training Team is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program. This course is approved for 17 contact hours.

This course has been approved for 24 contact hours in the category of Microbiology/Mycology/Parasitology for Florida Laboratory Licensees.

Disclosure:CDC, our planners, and our presenters wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters. Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.
Use of trade names and commercial sources is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the Division of Laboratory Systems, Center of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Special Needs:
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), individuals seeking special accommodations should submit their request in writing to rbandea@cdc.gov or phone 404-639-4554 at least three weeks before the program. Please allow sufficient time for CDC to make arrangements which is normally at least three weeks prior to the start date of course.

Questions:
Please contact Karen Ching at 404-498-6403 or email kching@cdc.gov.

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