Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Parasite Diagnosis

Parasite diagnosis is the process of detecting and identifying parasitic organisms that infect humans or animals, in order to determine the cause of disease and guide treatment. Parasites include protozoa, helminths (worms), and ectoparasites, and their diagnosis relies on a combination of methods: direct microscopi…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 10 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 40× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2690-6759 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Parasite diagnosis is the process of detecting and identifying parasitic organisms that infect humans or animals, in order to determine the cause of disease and guide treatment. Parasites include protozoa, helminths (worms), and ectoparasites, and their diagnosis relies on a combination of methods: direct microscopic examination of blood, stool, urine, or tissue to detect parasites, eggs, larvae, or cysts; immunological assays that detect parasite antigens or host antibodies; and molecular techniques such as PCR that identify parasite DNA. Accurate and timely diagnosis is essential because parasitic infections can produce a wide range of clinical effects, often overlap with other diseases, and require specific therapies, while diagnostic surveys also reveal the prevalence and distribution of infection within populations. Research published in Parasite Research applies and reports these diagnostic and epidemiological approaches; work in the journal's record includes studies of helminth parasite prevalence and distribution among sheep, the epidemiological profile of intestinal protozoan infection, the prevalence of intestinal parasitic helminths among schoolchildren, malaria and typhoid coinfection, and cytokine responses in toxoplasmosis. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to parasite diagnosis and the detection, identification, and surveillance of parasitic infection.

Research published in this journal

10 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 10 articles above have been cited 40 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Parasite Diagnosis, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Parasite Research (ISSN 2690-6759).

Journal editorial board
DABBU JAIJYAN · United States Aditya Gupta · United States Naglaa Shalaby · Saudi Arabia

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.