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Introduction to Parasitology: a Practical Course - MB160C25E
Title: Introduction to Parasitology: a Practical Course
Czech title: Cvičení ze základů parazitologie
Guaranteed by: Department of Parasitology (31-161)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: 6
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Is provided by: MB160C25
Note: priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: doc. RNDr. Jan Votýpka, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): RNDr. Jana Brzoňová, Ph.D.
RNDr. Jana Bulantová, Ph.D.
RNDr. Vít Dvořák, Ph.D.
RNDr. Iva Kolářová, Ph.D.
RNDr. Mgr. Magdaléna Kulich Fialová, Ph.D.
RNDr. Nikola Najdrová, Ph.D.
Mgr. Lenka Pacáková
RNDr. Magdaléna Skaličková, Ph.D.
doc. RNDr. Jan Votýpka, Ph.D.
Annotation -
The practical course is intended for students of the Master's degree programme in Parasitology and Infectious Biology.
The practical course introduces the basic agents of human and animal parasitic diseases, as well as the general phenomenon of parasitism. Emphasis is placed on the morphology of the different groups, but also on the life cycle and the parasite-host and parasite-transmitter relationships. The major representatives of parasitic protozoa (e.g., the causative agents of sleeping sickness, malaria, etc.), parasitic helminths (flukes, tapeworms, hookworms, leeches) and arthropods (trappers, parasites and vectors of various diseases) are presented on both live and permanent slides, as well as on dry and alcohol slides.
Last update: Votýpka Jan, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (31.08.2024)
Literature -

Lecture materials in pdf: MOODLE
A Color Atlas of Parasitology, Sullivan 2004
Foundations of Parasitology, Roberts, Janovy 2005

Last update: Votýpka Jan, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (31.08.2024)
Requirements to the exam -

Active participation in the laboratory course (only one absence from the course is allowed; in case of a second absence - see more information provided in the introductory lesson). Students may use their own notes and drawings made during class for the final exam.

In case of absence, contact PLS: jana.brzonova@natur.cuni.cz

Last update: Votýpka Jan, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (31.08.2024)
Syllabus -

This course examines parasites of importance to human and veterinary medicine and introduces students to interesting and exceptional representatives of each group.
The emphasis is on demonstration and easy identification of the most important representatives. In particular, permanent microscope slides are used. Some of the parasites are demonstrated on native microscope slides (protozoa, developmental stages of flukes) or in stereomicroscopes in the dead (alcohol or "dry" slides) or living state (selected representatives of protists, fluke larvae, leeches, ticks and blood-sucking insects, etc.). However, viable stages of human pathogens are never shown.

Overview of the parasites:
Protozoa:
Trypanosomes (T. brucei - the causative agent of sleeping sickness and T. cruzi), Leishmaniasis, Giardia intestinalis, Trichomonas vaginalis, Entamoeba histolytica, free-living hookworms (Naegleria, Acantamoeba) causing accidental infections. Coccidia (Eimeria, Isospora, Toxoplasma), Plasmodium - causative agent of human malaria, Babesia.
Microsporidia.
Parasitic Fungi (Ciliata), Myxosporea. Opportunistic infections in immunocompromised individuals, including Pneumocystis carinii.

Helminths:
Plathelminthes: Schistosoma spp, cercariae dermatitis, fluke infections of liver, lung, and intestine. Monogenea. Tapeworms of the genera Diphylobothrium, Hymenolepis, Taenia, Echinococcus.
Nemathelminthes: Strongyloides stercoralis, hookworms (Strogylidae), the roach Enterobius vermicularis, the roundworms Ascaris lumbricoides and Toxocara, the filariae Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, Onchocerca volvulus, Dracunculus medinensis, the thin-head fluke Trichuris trichiura, and the coiled muscle fluke Trichinella spiralis. Heaths (Acanthocephala) and leeches (Annelida: Hirudo medicinalis).

Arthropods:
Mites: Ticks (Argasidae) and ticks (Ixodidae), Sarcoptes scabiei, Neotrombicula autumnalis, Demodex mites, allergenic mites.
Insects: lice (Anoplura) and aphids (Malophaga), bedbugs (Cimex lectularius), fleas (Aphaniptera) and two-winged insects of the families Culicidae, Psychodidae, Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, Tabanidae, Stomoxyidae, Glossinidae, Hippoboscidae. Diptera that cause myiasis (Hypodermatidae, Oestridae, Cuterebridae, Calliphoridae, and Sarcophagidae).

Last update: Votýpka Jan, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (31.08.2024)
 
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