Bi7872 Biology of parasitic protozoa

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
3/0/0. 3 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Doc. MVDr. Břetislav Koudela, CSc. (lecturer), prof. RNDr. Milan Gelnar, CSc. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Andrea Vetešníková Šimková, PhD.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Iveta Hodová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SOUHLAS
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the lecture is to give to students information on all basic group of parasitic protozoa, including their systematic possition and current knowledge of their phylogeny, cell organisation, life cycles, and effect on the host organisms including important diseases.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to describe, identify and classify basic groups of parasitic protozoa from various points of view; will know the diseases caused by prarazitic protozoans.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, cell organisation of protozoa, parasitic forms 2. Euglenozoa 3. Metamonada 4. Oxymonada 5. Parabasala 6. Percolozoa 7. Rhizopoda 8. Alveolata 9. Apicomplexa 10. Ciliophora 11. Protista exluded from regnum Protozoa: Microspora, Myxozoa, Chromista, Pneumocystis spp. 12. Seminar Recommended literature: Hausmann, K. and Hülsmann, N. Protozoology. Georg Thieme Vrlg., Stuttgart, N. Y. 1996, 338s. Bednář, M., Fraňková,V., Schindler, J., Souček, A., Vávra, J. (Eds. ). Lékařská mikrobiologie: bakteriologie, virologie, parazitologie. Marvil, Praha, l996, 558s. Jírovec, O. a spolupracovníci. Parasitologie pro lékaře. III. vydání. Avicenum/ 1977, 797s. Lee, J. J., Hutner, S. H. a Bovee, E. C. (Eds. ). Illustrated Guide to theProtozoa. Society of Protozoologists
Literature
  • Doporučená literatura viz osnova přednášky
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
oral examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Kurz otevírán v podzimním semestru sudých let (2018, ...).
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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