Definition and History of Medical Parasitology - KALA

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Introduction to Medical Parasitology

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Definition and History of Medical Parasitology

Life Cycle of Parasites

Sources of Infection

Modes of Transmission

Host-parasite Relationships

Immunology of Parasitic Diseases

Effect of parasites on the host

Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasites

Prevention, Control and Treatment of Parasitic Infections

Classification and Taxonomy of Parasites

Study Questions

Study Questions 1 – Answers

Medical Protozoology

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Introduction to Medical Protozoology

Classification of Protozoa

Diseases Caused by Protozoa

Pathogenic Mechanisms

Entamoeba histolytica (Amoebiasis)

Giardia lamblia (Giardiasis)

Cryptosporidium spp. (Cryptosporidiosis)

Plasmodium spp. (Malaria)

Leishmania spp. (Leishmaniasis)

Trypanosoma spp. (African and American Trypanosomiasis)

Trichomonas vaginalis (Trichomoniasis)

Study Questions 2 – Medical Protozoology

Study Questions 2 – Medical Protozoology – Answers

Study Questions 3 – Medical Protozoology

Study Questions 3 – Medical Protozoology – Answers

Medical Helminthology

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Introduction to Medical Helminthology

Transmission, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prevention, Control and Treatment of Helminthic infections

Ascaris lumbricoides (Ascariasis)

Trichuris trichiura (Trichuriasis)

Hookworms (Ancylostoma and Necator)

Toxocara (Toxocariasis)

Trichinella (trichinellosis)

Strongyloides stercoralis (Strongyloidiasis)

Lymphatic Filariasis (Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia spp.)

Loa loa (Loiasis)

Onchocerca volvulus (Onchocerciasis)

Medical Entomology

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Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Infections

Basic Medical Parasitology

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Definition and History of Medical Parasitology

Parasitology is the scientific study of parasites.

Medical parasitology is the scientific study of parasites that infect humans.

Leeuwenhoek in 1681, first observed the parasite Giardia in stools. Laveran in 1880, discovered malarial parasite and Ronald Ross in 1897 showed the transmission of malaria by mosquitoes.