Training Course

Malaria Laboratory Diagnosis: From Conventional to Hi-Technology

When : August 2008
Duration : 3 days
Participants : 10-30 persons

 

Aims

At the end of the course, participants will be able to

 

1. Make laboratory-based diagnoses of malaria by conventional techniques, alternative methods, and using hi-tech tools
2. Select the appropriate diagnostic tool for each part of the world
3. Exchange experiences and network among each other

 

 

Who

Medical doctors, laboratory technicians, and others involved in malaria diagnosis

 

 

Content

1. Malaria overview
2. Recent laboratory methods for the diagnosis of malaria
3. Laboratory demonstration of all human malaria parasites
4. Practice: thin and thick smears from infected blood
5. Staining methods for thin and thick blood smears
6. Practice of conventional microscopic malaria diagnosis
7. Alternative methods for malaria diagnosis and their use
8. Practice: rapid diagnostic test kits
9. PCR technique for malaria diagnosis
10. Practice: PCR technique

 

 

Contact

The Deputy Dean for International Relations
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
420/6 Ratchawithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
E-mail: tmpat@mahidol.ac.th
Tel: 66 (0) 2 354 9100-19 ext. 1315, 1667
Fax: 66 (0) 2 354 9163
Or
International Relations Unit
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
420/6 Ratchawithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
E-mail: tmirunit@diamond.mahidol.ac.th
Tel: 66 (0) 2 354 9100-19 ext. 1318, 1327
Fax: 66 (0) 2 354 9141