Diagnostic Decision Trees in Parasitology

Concept and Realization: Hanspeter Rohr, MD, Prof. and Niklaus Weiss, PhD, Prof.

Realization: Yvette Endriss (Digital pictures), Elisabeth Escher (Consultant), Birgit Rohr (Implementation)

© 2006 Swiss Tropical Institute and Neocortex Foundation, University of Basel, Switzerland (30.05.06)

Training Versions:

1. Chose a parasite from the list below

2. Open the decision tree

3. Follow the diagnostic decision tree

4. When you come to the end, You can open the "solution" and start the diagnostic decision game again

 

Compare the solution of the choosen parasite with the solution you have diagnosed by the decision tree!

 

Diagnostic Key for the Identification of Amoeba and Flagellates in SAF-fixed Stool Samples

Diagnostic Key for the Identification of the most common Helminth Eggs in Stool Samples

Diagnostic Key for the Identification of Malaria Parasites in Giemsa stained Blood Films

Diagnostic Key for the Identification of stained Blood or Skin Microfilariae

 

Test Versions:

 

1. Chose a anonymous number of a parasite from the list below

2. Open the decision tree

3. Follow the diagnostic decision tree

4. When you come to the end, You can open the "solution" and start the diagnostic decision game again

 

Compare the solution of the choosen parasite with the solution you have diagnosed by the decision tree!

 

Diagnostic Key for the Identification of Amoeba and Flagellates in SAF-fixed Stool Samples

Diagnostic Key for the Identification of the most common Helminth Eggs in Stool Samples

Diagnostic Key for the Identification of Malaria Parasites in Giemsa stained Blood Films

Diagnostic Key for the Identification of stained Blood or Skin Microfilariae