After completing this module and additional practice you should be able to:
- Detect Giardia and Cryptosporidium by fluorescence (FITC-fluorescein isothiocyanate)
- Describe nucleic acid material stained by 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI)
- Describe the internal morphology of targeted organisms using differential interference contrast microscopy (DIC)
- Measure Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts
- Characterize the variations observed in Giardia and Cryptosporidium
- Identify the characteristics of interfering organisms

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