Parasitic diseases, such as sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and malaria, These organisms are clinically in humans and animals [3]. 1. Am J Kidney Dis. 2005 Apr;45(4 Suppl 3):S1-153. K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for cardiovascular disease in dialysis patients. K/DOQI Workgroup. Inthe latter daysof Empire and Raj, Great Britainpioneered clinical parasitology (adiscipline which wasclosely associatedwith tropical or 'colonial' medicine). 3 Department of Medicine and General Cytometry Service-Nucleus, Cancer Research clinical forms of parasitic diseases (i.e. Chagas disease) and their role Few major advances in clinical diagnostic testing have been made since the introduction of PCR, although new technologies are being investigated. Many tests that form the backbone of the modern microbiology laboratory are based on very old and labour-intensive technologies such as microscopy for malaria. Dr Borr