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    This document provides an outline for a parasitology course. It begins with an introduction to major parasitic groups including nematodes, cestodes, trematodes, and protozoans. It then covers taxonomic classifications of helminths and protozoa. The outline lists upcoming sections on nomenclature, life cycles, sources of infection, transmission, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention/control. Key definitions are also provided for medical parasitology terms like parasite, host, vector, zoonosis, endoparasite, and ectoparasite. The document concludes with an overview of laboratory activities involving specimen collection, processing, and microscopic analysis.

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    This document provides an outline for a parasitology course. It begins with an introduction to major parasitic groups including nematodes, cestodes, trematodes, and protozoans. It then covers taxonomic classifications of helminths and protozoa. The outline lists upcoming sections on nomenclature, life cycles, sources of infection, transmission, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention/control. Key definitions are also provided for medical parasitology terms like parasite, host, vector, zoonosis, endoparasite, and ectoparasite. The document concludes with an overview of laboratory activities involving specimen collection, processing, and microscopic analysis.

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    PARASITOLOGY

    An Introduction

    By: Oliver C. Rayos


    Course Outline
    INTRODUCTION

    Nematodes Tremato Protoz


    (Roundwor Cestod des oans
    ms) es (Flukes)
    (Tape
    ●
    Intestinal
    worms ●
    Blood Fluke
    ●
    Amoebas
    Nematodes ●
    Ciliates
    ●
    Blood Nematodes ) ●
    Lung Fluke
    ●
    Tissue
    ●
    Intestinal Fluke
    ●
    Flagellates
    Nematodes ●
    Liver Fluke ●
    Plasmodium
    Taxonomic classification of helminths
    Sub Phylum Class Genus – examples
    kingdom
    Metazoa Nemathelminthes Ascaris (roundworm)
    Round worms; appear round in Trichuris (whipworm)
    cross section, they have body Ancylostoma (hookworm)
    cavities, a straight alimentary Necator (hookworm)
    canal and an anus Enterobius (pinworm or
    threadworm)
    Strongyloides

    Platyhelminthes Cestodes Taenia (tapeworm)


    Flat worms; dorsoventrally Adult tapeworms are found in the
    flattened, no body cavity and, if intestine of their host
    present, the alimentary canal is They have a head (scolex) with
    blind ending sucking organs, a segmented body
    but no alimentary canal
    Each body segment is
    hermaphrodite

    Trematodes Fasciolopsis (liver fluke)


    Non-segmented, usually leaf- Schistosoma (not leaf
    shaped, with two suckers but no shaped!)
    distinct head
    They have an alimentary canal and
    are usually hermaphrodite and leaf
    shaped
    Schistosomes are the exception.
    They are thread-like, and have
    separate sexes
    Taxonomic classification of
    protozoa
    Sub Phylum Sub-phylum Genus- Species-
    kingdom examples examples

    Protozoa Sarcomastig- Sarcodina-- - move Entamoeba E. histolytica


    ophora by pseudopodia
    further divided into

    Mastigophora Giardia G. lamblia


    move by flagella

    Apicomplexa Plasmodium P. falciparum,


    no organelle of P. vivax,
    locomotion
    P. malariae,
    P. ovale

    Ciliophora Balantidium B. coli


    move by cillia

    Microspora Enterocyto-zoa E. bienusi


    Course Outline
    Nomenclature

    Life Cycle

    Source of Infection

    Mode of Transmission

    Epidemiology

    Treatment

    Prevention and Control


    Key definitions: What is ….?
     Medical parasitology: “the study and medical implications of parasites that
    infect humans”
     A parasite: “a living organism that acquires some of its basic nutritional
    requirements through its intimate contact with another living organism”.
    Parasites may be simple unicellular protozoa or complex multicellular metazoa
     Eukaryote: a cell with a well-defined chromosome in a membrane-bound
    nucleus. All parasitic organisms are eukaryotes
     Protozoa: unicellular organisms, e.g. Plasmodium (malaria)
     Metazoa: multicellular organisms, e.g. helminths (worms) and arthropods
    (ticks, lice)
     An endoparasite: “a parasite that lives within another living organism” – e.g.
    malaria, Giardia
     An ectoparasite: “a parasite that lives on the external surface of another living
    organism” – e.g. lice, ticks
    Key definitions: What is ….?
     Host: “the organism in, or on, which the parasite lives and causes harm”
     Definitive host: “the organism in which the adult or sexually mature stage of
    the parasite lives”
     Intermediate host: “the organism in which the parasite lives during a period of
    its development only”
     Zoonosis: “a parasitic disease in which an animal is normally the host - but
    which also infects man”
     Vector: “a living carrier (e.g.an arthropod) that transports a pathogenic organism
    from an infected to a non-infected host”. A typical example is the female
    Anopheles mosquito that transmits malaria
    Laboratory
     Specimen Collection and Processing
     Specimen Preparation
     Microscopic Analysis

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