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Tropical Medicine Point-of-Care Testing

Monica Cheesbrough

Published by Tropical Health Technology, 2020

Describes the microscopical diagnosis of tropical diseases and those tests that can be performed in low- and middle-resource countries at district level to provide a rapid diagnosis of prevalent communicable and non-communicable diseases.

• High quality colour plates of parasites, bacteria and blood cells.
• Recently developed rapid point-of-care tests and technologies in the pipeline.
• How to provide reliable, quality- managed, accredited district laboratory services.
• Training of district laboratory personnel, CPD, professional ethics, EQA.
• Comprehensive section on laboratory biosafety and risk assessment.
• COVID-19 Supplement.
• Websites and references to keep the reader up-to-date.

• - District laboratory network
• - Supporting district laboratory personnel
• - Continuing professional development
• - Implementing laboratory quality management
• - Accreditation
• - Laboratory biosafety
• - Equipping district laboratories

• - Malaria
• - Neglected tropical diseases: African trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, Leishmaniasis, Lymphatic filariasis, Onchocerciasis, Soil-transmitted helminths, Schistosomiasis, Food-borne trematodiases, Taeniasis, Cysticercosis, Cystic echinococcosis, Buruli ulcer, Leprosy, Dengue.
• - Tuberculosis
• - Meningitis
• - Sexually transmitted infections
• - HIV infection
• - Hepatitis
• - WASH-related infections
• - Amoebic dysentery
• - Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Cystoisospora infections,
• - Healthcare-associated infections
• - Acute febrile illness
• - Measuring CRP and PCT
• - Measuring whole blood lactate

• - Investigation of anaemia
• - Measuring haemoglobin
• - Differential WBC
• - Abnormal WBC morphology
• - Abnormal RBC morphology
• - Testing for occult blood
• - Diagnosing and monitoring diabetes mellitus
• - Measuring blood glucose
• - Measuring glycated haemoglobin
• - Screening for raised lipids
• - Investigating kidney disease: Measuring serum/plasma creatinine, eGFR, Determining ACR
• - Urinalysis: Urine microscopy. Chemical testing of urine
• - Investigating liver disease: Measuring serum/plasma bilirubin, Measuring ALT and ALP activity. Measuring serum albumin.

• 1 Preparation of stains and reagents.
• 11 Checklist for monitoring quality of services in district laboratories
• 111 SOP formats Chemical hazards information SI Unit Tables
• 1V Collection of samples
• V Microscopical examination of faeces for parasites
• V1 Leishman staining of thin blood films Manual counting of WBCs

• - SARS-CoV-2 virus
• - SARS-CoV-2 variants
• - Transmission of virus
• - Clinical features and long COVID
• - Impact of COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries
• - Prevention and control
• - Laboratory diagnosis: PCR tests, SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow tests,
• - Other laboratory investigations
• - References
• - Sources of information for COVID-19

• It is regretted that Part 1 and Part 2 District Laboratory Practice in Tropical Countries, THT/Cambridge University Press) will not be updated and are no longer available from Tropical Health Technology.