Enrollment year
2021/2022
Academic discipline
VET/06 (PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC ANIMAL DISEASES)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY "LAZZARO SPALLANZANI"
Course
EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED BIOLOGY
Period
(01/10/2021 - 14/01/2022)
Lesson hours
24 lesson hours
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of zoology, immunology, ecology, molecular biology, evolution, diagnostic methods
Learning outcomes
The course has the first objective of providing students with a general knowledge of parasitology from a medical point of view, but also from an ecological and evolutionary point of view. The main purpose of the course is subsequently to impart in-depth knowledge of the most important parasitic diseases and diagnostic methods in parasitology.
Course contents
Module 2. The aim of the parasitology course is provide students with the theoretical and diagnostic knowledge on the main human parasites. Therefore, the course will deal with the main parasitic protozoa, in particular Toxoplasma and malarial parasites. Subsequently endo- and ecto-parasitic metazoa will be presented, such as platyhelminthes, nematodes, and arthropods. Morphological, serological, and molecular biology diagnostic methods for the main parasites will be explained.
Teaching methods
The course will mainly take place through frontal lectures, with laboratories to allow students to carry out basic diagnostic practices under the microscope, such as the recognition of the different species of malarial parasites. The laboratory activities will be carried out if the health situation permits.
Reccomended or required readings
De Carneri. Parassitologia generale e umana. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
Assessment methods
The exam is oral, with open questions aimed primarily at evaluating the knowledge on the basic concepts covered in the course, such as parasite cycles, diagnostic, ecological and epidemiological aspects of parasitology. The student's ability to establish links between concepts and to elaborate them in reasoning questions will be also assessed.
Further information
The exam is oral, with open questions aimed primarily at evaluating the knowledge on the basic concepts covered in the course, such as parasite cycles, diagnostic, ecological and epidemiological aspects of parasitology. The student's ability to establish links between concepts and to elaborate them in reasoning questions will be also assessed.
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