The course is intended to provide students with learnig competences in the field of general and applied parasitology, including the main laboratory techniques necessary for the study and diagnosis of the parasitic diseases relevant to human health.
teacher profile teaching materials
TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS IN GENERAL PARASITOLOGY
CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN PARASITES (PROTOZOA, PLATELMINTHS, NEMATODES AND ARTHROPODS)
MORPHOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION OF PARASITES
BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO PARASITE IDENTIFICATION AND SYSTEMATICS
TRANSMISSION PATTERNS THROUGH VECTORS: TRYPANOSOMATIDS, PLASMODIA, BABESIA,
FILARIAL WORMS, SCHISTOSOMES
TRANSMISSION PATTERNS THROUGH INGESTION: GIARDIA, AMOEBA, TOXOPLASMA, CRYPTOSPORIDIUM,
OPISTHORCHIS, TAPEWORMS, TRICHINELLA, TOXOCARA, PINWORMS
OTHER TRANSMISSION PATTERS: STRONGYLOIDES
IMMUNITY TO PARASITES AND PARASITE’S EVASION
PARASITIC DISEASES
TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOGENESIS, CLINICAL FEATURES, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
MAJOR PARASITIC DISEASES ENDEMIC IN ITALY: LEISHMANIASIS, GIARDIASIS, TOXOPLASMOSIS,
CYSTICERCOSIS, ECHINOCOCCOSIS/HYDATIDOSIS, TRICHINELLOSIS, TOXOCARIASIS, DIROFILARIASIS, OXYURIASIS, PEDICULOSIS
MAJOR PARASITIC DISEASES IMPORTED INTO ITALY: AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS (SLEEPING SICKNESS),
AMERICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS (CHAGAS DISEASE), AMEBIASIS, MALARIA, SCHISTOSOMIASIS
GABRIELLA CANCRINI – PARASSITOLOGIA MEDICA ILLUSTRATA – LOMBARDO EDITORE, 2012
Mutuazione: 20402205 PARASSITOLOGIA MEDICA in Biologia per la ricerca molecolare, cellulare e fisiopatologica LM-6 N0 GRADONI LUIGI
Programme
GENERAL CONCEPTS AND LIFE CYCLES OF THE MAIN HUMAN PARASITESTERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS IN GENERAL PARASITOLOGY
CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN PARASITES (PROTOZOA, PLATELMINTHS, NEMATODES AND ARTHROPODS)
MORPHOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION OF PARASITES
BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO PARASITE IDENTIFICATION AND SYSTEMATICS
TRANSMISSION PATTERNS THROUGH VECTORS: TRYPANOSOMATIDS, PLASMODIA, BABESIA,
FILARIAL WORMS, SCHISTOSOMES
TRANSMISSION PATTERNS THROUGH INGESTION: GIARDIA, AMOEBA, TOXOPLASMA, CRYPTOSPORIDIUM,
OPISTHORCHIS, TAPEWORMS, TRICHINELLA, TOXOCARA, PINWORMS
OTHER TRANSMISSION PATTERS: STRONGYLOIDES
IMMUNITY TO PARASITES AND PARASITE’S EVASION
PARASITIC DISEASES
TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOGENESIS, CLINICAL FEATURES, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
MAJOR PARASITIC DISEASES ENDEMIC IN ITALY: LEISHMANIASIS, GIARDIASIS, TOXOPLASMOSIS,
CYSTICERCOSIS, ECHINOCOCCOSIS/HYDATIDOSIS, TRICHINELLOSIS, TOXOCARIASIS, DIROFILARIASIS, OXYURIASIS, PEDICULOSIS
MAJOR PARASITIC DISEASES IMPORTED INTO ITALY: AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS (SLEEPING SICKNESS),
AMERICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS (CHAGAS DISEASE), AMEBIASIS, MALARIA, SCHISTOSOMIASIS
Core Documentation
DE CARNERI – PARASSITOLOGIA MEDICA E DIAGNOSTICA PARASSITOLOGICA – CASA EDITRICE AMBROSIANA, 2013GABRIELLA CANCRINI – PARASSITOLOGIA MEDICA ILLUSTRATA – LOMBARDO EDITORE, 2012