PARASITOLOGY - Course description

Parasitology course - list of species

Protozoa

Giardia intestinalis
Entamoeba histolytica
Balantidium coli
Cryptosporidium parvum
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
Trypanosoma cruzi
Leishmania spp.
Naegleria fowleri
Acanthamoeba castellanii
Plasmodium spp.
Toxoplasma gondii
Trichomonas vaginalis

Nematoda

Ascaris lumbricoides
Enterobius vermicularis
Trichuris trichiura
Trichinella spiralis
Toxocara canis
Tococara cati
Strongyloides stercoralis
Wuchereria bancrofti
Loa loa
Onchocerca volvulus
Dracunculus medinensis

Trematoda

Fasciola hepatica
Dicrocoelium dendriticum
Clonorchis sinensis
Opistorchis felineus
Paragonimus westermanii
Schistosoma spp.

Cestoidea

Diphyllobothrium latum
Dipylidium caninum
Taenia solium
Taenia saginata
Hymenolepis nana
Echinococcus granulosus
Echinococcus multilocularis
Spirometra (=Sparganum) spp.

Arthropods

Pediculus humanus
Pthirus pubis
Cimex lectularius
Xenopsylla cheopis
Pulex irritans
Tunga penetrans

Demodex folliculorum
Sarcoptes scabiei
Argas reflexus
Ixodes ricinus
Dermacentor reticulatus

The following aspects should be studied for each species listed

1. Basic morphology in the context of adaptation to parasitism and pathogenesis (labs)
2. Geographical distribution- endemic and cosmopolitan species (labs and lectures)
3. Life cycles (lectures: source of invasion, mode of invasion; labs: development in the human body)
4. Pathognomonic and nonspecific symptoms (labs and lectures)
5. Diagnosis (labs and lectures)
6. Prevention (labs)
7. For selected species immunology of parasite-host interactions (labs)