Table 1 Samples used in this study.
Major Group | Class | Name | Staining method | Sample location (Purchased from) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Protozoa | Acanthamoeba sp. | No staining | KUPM | |
Cryptosporidium sp. | Kinyoun’s acid-fast staining | KPUM (Meguro Parasitological Museum, Japan) | ||
Cryptosporidium sp. | Modified Fast acid staining | KPUM (Scientific Device Laboratory, Inc., USA) | ||
Cystoisospora belli | Modified Fast acid staining | KPUM (Scientific Device Laboratory, Inc., USA) | ||
Endolimax nana cyst・trophozoite | Trichrome staining | KPUM (Scientific Device Laboratory, Inc., USA) | ||
Entamoeba coli cyst・trophozoite | Trichrome staining | KPUM (Scientific Device Laboratory, Inc., USA) | ||
Entamoeba hartmanni | Trichrome staining | KPUM (Scientific Device Laboratory, Inc., USA) | ||
Entamoeba histolytica | Iron hematoxylin staining | KPUM | ||
Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba coli cyst・trophozoite | No staining | KPUM | ||
Giardia lamblia cyst・trophozoite | Trichrome staining | KPUM (Scientific Device Laboratory, Inc., USA) | ||
Giardia lamblia cyst | No staining | KPUM | ||
Plasmodium falciparum | Giemsa staining | KPUM | ||
Plasmodium falciparum | Giemsa staining | KU (Meguro Parasitological Museum, Japan) | ||
Plasmodium malariae | Giemsa staining | KPUM (Ward’s science, USA) | ||
Plasmodium ovale | Giemsa staining | KPUM | ||
Plasmodium vivax | Giemsa staining | KPUM | ||
Toxoplasma gondii (tachyzoite) | Giemsa staining | KU (Meguro Parasitological Museum, Japan) | ||
Trichomonas vaginalis | trichrome staining | KPUM (Scientific Device Laboratory, Inc., USA) | ||
Helminth | Cestode | Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis adult mature proglottid | Carmine staining | KPUM |
Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis eggs | No staining | KU (Kyoto Kagaku Co., Ltd., Japan) | ||
Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis eggs | No staining | KPUM | ||
Dipylidium caninum eggs | No staining | KU (Kyoto Kagaku Co., Ltd., Japan) | ||
Hymenolepis nana eggs | No staining | KPUM (TURTOX [formerly General Biological Supply House, Inc., USA]) | ||
Spirometra mansoni (Whole body section) | H-E staining | KPUM | ||
Taenia saginata adult gravid proglottid | H-E staining | KU (Kyoto Kagaku Co., Ltd., Japan) | ||
Taenia saginata eggs | No staining | KU (Kyoto Kagaku Co., Ltd., Japan) | ||
Taenia saginata eggs | No staining | KPUM | ||
Taenia saginata eggs | No staining | KPUM (Wards [Ward’s science], USA) | ||
Taenia solium eggs | No staining | KU (Kyoto Kagaku Co., Ltd., Japan) | ||
Trematoda | Fasciola hepatica eggs | No staining | KPUM (Wards [Ward’s science], USA) | |
Paragonimus sp. eggs | Unknown | KU (Kyoto Kagaku Co., Ltd., Japan) | ||
Paragonimus westermanii (lung section of dog) | H-E staining | KPUM | ||
Paragonimus westermanii eggs | No staining | KPUM (Ward’s science, USA) | ||
Paragonimus westermanii eggs | No staining | KPUM | ||
Schistosoma haematobium eggs | No staining | KPUM (Wards [Ward’s science], USA) | ||
Schistosoma japonicum adult | Derafield’s hematoxylin staining | KPUM | ||
Schistosoma mansoni eggs | No staining | KPUM (Wards [Ward’s science], USA) | ||
Nematode | Ascaris lumbricoides adult | Unknown | KU (Kyoto Kagaku Co., Ltd., Japan) | |
Ascaris lumbricoides adult | No staining | KPUM | ||
Ascaris lumbricoides adult | No staining | KPUM | ||
Ascaris lumbricoides fertilized eggs | Gram staining | KU (Kyoto Kagaku Co., Ltd., Japan) | ||
Ascaris lumbricoides unfertilized eggs | No staining | KPUM | ||
Enterobius vermicularis adult | Unknown | KU (Kyoto Kagaku Co., Ltd., Japan) | ||
Enterobius vermicularis eggs | No staining | KU (Kyoto Kagaku Co., Ltd., Japan) | ||
Trichinella spiralis (cross section of mouse muscle) | H-E staining | KPUM | ||
Arthropod | Ctenocephalides felis | No staining | KPUM | |
Hemaphysalis longicornis larva | No staining | KPUM | ||
Pediculus humanus | No staining | KPUM | ||
Pthirus pubis | No staining | KPUM (TURTOX [formerly General Biological Supply House, Inc., USA]) | ||
Fungi | Microsporidium sp. | Trichrome staining | KPUM |
