Course Description
This course provides a general introduction to parasitology through the following topics:
- Various parasitological definitions.
- The general characteristics and taxonomic status of parasites.
- A detailed study of some important species of protozoa infecting humans and animals (classification, geographical distribution, and morphology, and life cycle, modes of transmission, prevention, diagnosis, and influence on patients).
- Case studies involving worms and arthropods infecting humans and animals, with information on their the taxonomic status and general characteristics of these parasites.
Practical content
This course will cover all the practical components.
Course Objectives & Outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- Students become aware of the importance of parasitology and understands how they relate to the environment and human health, and can link this knowledge to other sciences such as immunology, pathology, and epidemiology.
- Students become familiar with the terminology used in parasitology.
- Students learn how to identify parasites that infect humans and animals, and how the different methods of transmissione affect terminology.
- Student are able to classify parasites and divide them into their respective orders and families and varieties via morphology and microscopy.
- Students learn how to compare between various parasites in terms of their respective forms, life cycles, modes of transmission, and prevention – then devise or invent broad means of diagnosis and treatment.
- Students benefit from the theoretical and applied in practice to perform laboratory techniques for the diagnosis of parasitic diseases on different samples 7 – Students become aware of the how to reduce the spread of infection and the epidemiology of infections caused by parasites, and benefit from understanding parasite life cycles.
References
1- Mehlhorn, H. (2001), encyclopedic reference of parasitology: diseases, treatment, and therapy: Springer Science & Business Media.
2- Murrell, K. D. and B. Fried (2007), Food-borne parasitic zoonoses: fish and plant-borne parasites,: Springer Science & Business Media.
Course ID: PARA 412
Credit hours | Theory | Practical | Laboratory | Lecture | Studio | Contact hours | Pre-requisite | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ZOOL 302 |
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