Course description and outline of Human Parasitology推荐.pdf

Course description and outline of Human Parasitology (Use for eight-year medical students, specialty of clinical Medicine) Edited by Wu Zhongdao Revised by Lv Fangli Department of Parasitology Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University 1. Teaching Target This course introduces students to the range of eukaryotic organisms that cause parasitic diseases in humans. The course covers medically important helminthes, protozoans and arthropods. The latter will be covered as both agents and vectors of human parasitic diseases. The causes, pathogenesis, epidemiology and clinical features of the common parasitic diseases and the life history of the pathogens are emphasized. In addition, parasites and global public health, the frontier bioinformatics approach in parasitology research, immunity to parasite, and vaccines development against parasitic infections are also included. The basic principles of laboratory diagnosis and treatment of parasitic diseases are included in the course to enhance the practical parasitology knowledge of the students.. In the laboratory sessions, students are required to examine prepared slides, make wet mounts of live parasites and learn to prepare thick and thin blood films for diagnosis of malaria. Students also need to do a group project on a research topic. Table 1: Course content and time assignment of Human Parasitology Topics Theory (hr) Practice (hr) Introduction of parasitology 3.0 Biology of parasites Parasites and Public Health Parasitic disease control In