BMLS II

Course Name:              2:24812 MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY

It aims to: 

1.  Demonstrate the understanding of the blood and intestinal parasites classification.

2.  Demonstrate the understanding of the life cycle of blood and intestinal parasites.

3.  To enable the students to perform some of the routine parasitological tests.

4.  To enable the students to interpret the results.

5.  To enable the students to understand the principles and limitation of these tests.

6.  Provide detail understanding of the sciences of parasitology and the relationship of

     parasitological findings in health and disease.

7.  Provide detail understanding of developing confidence in their own reporting skills.

OBJECTIVES

Specific objective for topics are given to guide students to study prior to test and examination.

The topics include:

• INTRODUCTION

ü  Introduction to medical parasitology

ü  Techniques used to identify parasites

• PROTOZOA

ü  Intestinal and tissue protozoa

ü  Blood protozoa

ü  Trypanosomes

ü  Leishmania

• HELMINTHS
  

ü  TREMATODA, Hermaphroditic flukes

ü  TREMATODA, Schistosomes

ü  NEMATODA, roundworms

ü  NEMATODA, Filarial worms and other tissue nematodes

ü  CESTODA, Tapeworms

• OVERVIEW OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
  

ü  Insects and arachnids