Clinical Investigations

Malaria

Dengue fever

Enteric (Typhoid) fever

African Trypanosomiasis

(Sleeping sickness)

Pulmonary Tuberculosis

*PCV/Hg conc

(Sg)

(Sg)

(Sg)

(Sg)

(Ux)

*wbc count

(Ux)

(UX)

(Sg)

(Ux)

(Sg)

*Sputum culture

(Ux)

(UX)

(Ux)

(UX)

(Kg)

*Fluorescnt dyes/uv indictor tests

(Sg)

(Ux)

(UX)

(Ux)

(UX)

*PCR may detect dengue virus

(Ux)

(Kg)

(UX)

(Ux)

(UX)

*Bld Culture

(Sg)

(UX)

(Kg)

(Kg)

(UX)

*Stool Culture

(Ux)

(UX)

(Kg)

(Ux)

(UX)

*Urine Cultur

(Ux)

(UX)

(Kg)

(Ux)

(UX)

*Tissue Cultur

(Ux)

(Kg)

(Ux)

(Ux)

(UX)

*Blood/Serum Assay

(Ux)

(Sg)

(Ux)

(Ux)

(UX)

*ESR

(Ux)

(UX)

(Ux)

(Kg)

(Ux)

*AFB staining

(Ux)

(UX)

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Kg)

*Bloodsmears (thin/thick or unstained/

Giemsa-stained)

(Kg) (plasmodium)

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Kg) (trypanosomes)

(Ux)

*Chest X-ray

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Kg)

*Widal test

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Kg)

(Ux)

(Ux)

*Rapid diagnostic tests

(Kg)

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Ux)

*Platelet cnt

(Sg)

(Sg)

(Ux)

(Kg)

(Ux)

*Aspiration

(chancre, lymph node or bone marrow)

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Kg) (trypanosomes)

(Ux)

*Lumbar puncture

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Kg) (trypanosomes)

(Ux)

*CSF assay

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Kg) (trypanosomes

(Ux)

*Liver functn

(Sg)

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Ux)

*Renal fnctn

(Sg)

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Ux)

*Electrolyte conc (esp Na)

(Sg)

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Ux)

(Ux)