CLS 412 Medical Parasitology

This course deals with the classification, morphological characteristics, life cycles, pathogenicity, epidemiology of parasites, namely:
Protozoa- pathogenic and non-pathogenic amoebae,free living pathogenic amoebae, intestinal and urogenital flagellates, blood and tissue flagellates, ciliates, malarial parasites and other coccidia.
Helminths-  Cestodes (pseudophyllidea and cyclophyllidea), Nematodes (intestinal and tissue worms), Trematodes (Intestinal,hepatic and lung flukes).
The clinical presentation of the diseases caused by these parasites will be fully discussed, as well as their transmission, prevention and control, and laboratory diagnosis.