McGILL UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR TROPICAL DISEASES
 
                              in collaboration with
 
               THE LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE
                                      and
                    LABORATOIRE DE SANT  PUBLIQUE DU QU BEC
 
                                    presents
 
 
                   A COURSE IN ADVANCED LABORATORY PARASITOLOGY
                   ___________________________________________
 
                               August 21 - 25, 1995
 
 
Topics will include:
 
            *Assessing the value of laboratory diagnostic tests
                and commercial kits
            *Opportunistic parasites in AIDS patients
            *Relevance of parasite serology tests
            *Developments and problems in the laboratory
                detection of Cryptosporidium and Microsporidium
                in AIDS patients
            *Development of EIA for direct testing of antigens
                from stool specimens
            *Problems in the laboratory - diagnosis of malaria
            *New developments for malaria detection
            *Other blood and tissue parasites.
 
Laboratory sessions will include:
 
            *Examination of known and unkown concentrates and
                stained smears of all intestinal parasites
            *Evaluation of Coproantigen kits for Giardia and
                Cryptosporidium
            *Malaria processing and staining techniques
            *Examination of known and unknown smears of Malaria.
 
 
For further information; write to:
            Evelyne Kokoskin
            McGill University Centre for Tropical Diseases
              Montreal General Hospital
            1650 Cedar Ave., Room D7-153
            Montreal (Quebec) Canada H3G 1A4
            Tel:  (514) 934-8049   Fax:  (514) 933-9385
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