Manager
Ottawa Public Health Laboratory
Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
2380 St. Laurent Blvd.
Ottawa, ON K1G 6C4
Email: ekokoskin@rogers.com
Research Interests:
- Setting up the laboratory operation for the McGill University Centre for Tropical Diseases including blood and tissue parasites, and intestinal parasites.
- Developing innovative staining techniques.
- Co-ordinating the blood and tissue parasite QA program in Quebec.
- Customizing and teaching numerous courses in malaria and general parasitology at all levels, nationally and internationally.
My current interests include environmental parasitology, and techniques to isolate parasites form various samples.
Recent Publications:
Kokoskin, E. 2005. Dépistage du Paludisme, Manuel Pour le Laboratoire D’aujourdhui, ISBN 0-7717-0626-X
Kokoskin, E. 2001. The Malaria Manual for Today’s Laboratory, ISBN 0-7717-0559
Libman, M.D., Gyorkos, T.W., Kokoskin, E., MacLean J.D., Detection of Pathogenic Protozoa in the Diagnostic Laboratory: Result Reproducibility, Specimen Pooling, and Competency Assessment. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 47 (7), 2008: 2200-2205, July.
Ndao, M., Bandyayera, E., Kokoskin, E., Diemart, D., Gyorkos, T., MacLean, J.D., St John, R., Ward, B. Malaria “epidemic” in Quebec: diagnosis and response to imported malaria. CMAJ 172(1):46-50, 2005 Jan 4.
Ndao, M., Kokoskin, E., Bandyayera, E., Gyorkos, T., MacLean, J.D., Aubin, S., Ward, B. Malaria outbreak in Quebec, Canada in 2000: Comparison of blood smear, antigen detection and nested PCR for screening refugees from malaria endemic regions. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 42(6):2694-2700 2004, Jun.
MacLean, J.D., Demers A.-M., Ndao, M., Kokoskin, E., Ward, B., Gyorkos, T. Malaria Epidemics and Surveillance Systems in Canada, Emerging Infectious Diseases Vol. 10, No 7, July 2004
Ndao, M., Kelly, N., Normandin, D., MacLean, J.D., Whiteman, A., Kokoskin, E., Arevalo, I., and Ward, B. Trypanosoma cruzi Infection of Squirrel Monkeys: Comparison of Blood Smear Examination, Commercial Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay, and polymerase Chain Reaction Analysis as Screening Tests for Evaluation-Related Injuries. Comparative Medicine December 2000; (4): 658-665.