Bi8074 Medical parasitology for advanced students

Faculty of Science
Spring 2005
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Oleg Ditrich, CSc. (lecturer), prof. RNDr. Milan Gelnar, CSc. (deputy)
RNDr. Božena Koubková, Ph.D. (assistant)
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. Parasites and parasitological diseases. Introduction to medical parasitology. Parasites of medical importance. Parasitological institutions. 2. Intestinal protozoa I - Amoebae, clinical syndromes and features, diagnosis and therapy. 3. Intestinal protozoa II - Flagellates, clinical syndromes and features, diagnosis and therapy. 4. Intestinal protozoa III - other intestinal protozoa, clinical syndromes and features, diagnosis and therapy. Balantidium, Cryptosporidium 5. Intestinal helminths and their life cycles I. - Trematoda: Fasciolopsis, Haplorchis, Heterophyes, Metagonimus. Clinical syndromes and features, diagnosis and therapy. 6.Intestinal helminths and their life cycles II. - Cestoda: Taenia, Diphylobothryum, Hymenolepis. Clinical syndromes and features, diagnosis and therapy. 7.Intestinal helminths and their life cycles III. - Nematoda: Enterobiosis, ascaridosis,, trichuriosis, strongyloidosis. Clinical syndromes and features, diagnosis and therapy. 8. Schistosomiasis and schistosoms. Life cycles and geographical distribution: S. mansoni, S. haematobium and S. japonicum. Intermadiate hosts.Diagnosis, Immunity. 9. Tissue helminthosis I. Echinococosis and cysticercosis. Angiostrongyliosis. Larva migrans visceralis and cutanea. Life cycles, diagnosis, therapy. 10. Tissue helminthosis II. Trichinelosis. Dracunculoidosis. Filariosis. Life cycles and diagnosis. 11. Tissue helminthosis III. Fasciolosis, opisthorchiosis, clonorchiosis, paragonimosis,. Life cycles, diagnosis, prevention. 12. Malaria I. Plasmodium species infecting humans, diagnosis, geographical distribution, Life cycles and vectors. 13. Malaria II. Therepy - testing of resistence, Immunity, Babesia and babesiosis. 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 JS sudých let (2003/4, 2005/6).
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Povinné pro parazitology.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Minimálně tři studenti
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011.
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