Bi8074c Medical parasitology for advanced students - practice

Faculty of Science
Spring 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Oldřich Ditrich, CSc. (lecturer), prof. RNDr. Milan Gelnar, CSc. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Milan Gelnar, CSc.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Milan Gelnar, CSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
( Bi6330 Parasitology || B6330 Parasitology )&&(! B8074 Medical parasitology )
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
Basic information on parasites of humans (protozoans, helmiths and arthropods) and on diseases transmitted by these parasites. The course is not elementary one and it is organized according to practical approaches, it means not according to parasite system. Big attention is devoted to autochtonic parasites, however tropical ones represent also very significant part of the course.
Syllabus
  • 1. How to work with parasitological journals and textbooks Parasitological laboratory, equipment, supplies, safety and quaility assurance 2. Macroscopic and microscopic examination of fecal specimens, human amoebae, Trichrom statining. Methods of cultication. 3. Giesma statining, Human flagellates, cultivation of Giardia. 4. Methylviolet staining. Intestinal protozoa, additional techniques for stool exanimation. Concentration and flotation techniques. 5. Concentration methods, eggs studies, staining of trematode adults. 6. Parasitology field work, collection aand examination of material. 7. Determination of parasitological materials. 8. Dissection of invertebrate intermediate hosts. Isolation of parasites larval stages. Determination of cercariae, vital staining. SEM exanimation. 9. Dissection of rodent host experimentally infected with Echinococcus multilocullaris. Parasite isolation. Serum investigation. 10. Dissection of rodent host experimentally infected with Trichinella spiralis. Parasite isolation, serum investigation. 11. Determination of trematoda: eggs and adults. 12. Malariological methods I: thick blood film, Giemsa staining. Microhematocrit centrifugation method. 13. Malariological methods II: Determination of parasite species. Recommended literature: Garcia L.S., Bruckner D.A., 1993: Diagnostic Medical Parasitology. II. vydání, ASM Washington, 1 - 764 Jírovec O. a kol., 1977: Parasitologie pro lékaře, III. vydání, AVICENUM Praha, 1 - 798 Ash L.R., Orihel T.C., 1990: Atlas of human Parasitology. III. vydání, ASCP Chicago, 1 - 262 Orihel T.C., Ash L.R., 1995: Parasites in human tissues. ASCP Chicago, 1 - 386 Schmidt G.D., Roberts L. Foundations of Parasitology. Fifth Edition. Wm. C. Brown Publishers. 1996 Skripta: Horák P., Scholz T. Biologie helmintů. Univerzita Karlova. 1998 Peter W., Giles H.M. Color Atlas of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. Fourth Edition. Mosby - Wolfe. 1995 Halton D.W., Behnke J.M., Marshall I.: Practical exercises in parasitology. Cambridge 2000, 1 - 461 Bednář a kol., 1994: Lékařská mikrobiologie. (část věnovaná parazitózám) Ryšavý B. a kol., 1988: Základy parazitologie. SPN Praha, 1 - 205
Literature
  • Doporučená literatura viz osnova předmětu
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Kurz otevírán v sudých letech.
The course is taught in blocks.
General note: Povinné pro parazitology.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Minimálně tři studenti
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