The National Centre for Parasitology (Serology) is one of the external reference laboratories in Canada funded in part by the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, by the Montreal General Hospital, and by the McGill Centre for Tropical Diseases.
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Mission
To provide reference diagnostic services in Serology for Parasitic Diseases
To provide consulting services to the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, provincial听 laboratories, and clinical parasitologists
To develop a research and development program
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Organization and Management
The NRCP is a unit in the J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases at McGill Universitys funded in part by the LCDC and by the Montreal General Hospital, McGill Centre for Tropical Diseases
Director-NRCP听听听 Dr. Brian Ward
Laboratory Director-NRCP听听听 Dr. Momar Ndao
Technologist-NRCP听听听 Favio Vasques Canargo, Bijoya Nath-Chowdhury
RRCP advisory committee:
Dr. Brian Ward, Director NRCP
Dr. Momar Ndao, Laboratory Director NRCP
Dr. M Libman, Director J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases at McGill University Dr. Jean Joly, Director LSPQ
Dr. Michel Couillard, LSPQ
Dr. Theresa Gyorkos, Division of Clinical Epidemiology
Louise Trudel, Chief Parasitology Technologist, LSPQ
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Location
The address of the National Reference Centre for Parasitology听 is:
National Reference Centre for Parasitology
Montreal General Hospital
Research Institute room R3-137
1650 Cedar Avenue
Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4
Canada
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Dr Momar Ndao can be reached at momar.ndao [at] mcgill.ca
Tel: (514) 934-8347
Medical questions may also be directed to Dr. Brian Ward (director NRCP), telephone (514) 934-1934, local 42810, Fax (514) 934-8347,听 or email听 Dr. Michael Libman (Director)michael.libman [at] muhc.mcgill.ca(director) telephone (514) 934-8049, Fax (514) 934-8224.
Research Interests
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*Establishment of a highly defined "gold standard" serum bank
*Quality control of current assays
*Evaluation of commercially available new diagnostic tests
*Implantation of important assays already established elsewhere with the collaboration of Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, USA
*Development of new assays for parasite diagnosis
*Epidemiologic studies in parasitology
