Course Medicine
MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY
English Division, IInd Year
2023/2024

Class 1 (08,10.04.2024r.)            

Subject: Parasitic Protozoa

Morphology, biology, life cycle, pathogenesis, diagnostic of parasites:

1. Protozoa of the digestive system:
-Entamoeba histolytica
•  trophozoites -microscopic slide-drawing
- Giardia intestinalis
• trophozoites-microscopic slide-drawing
- Cryptosporidium parvum
• oocysts-microscopic slide-drawing

2. Protozoa of the circulatory system:
- Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
• trypomastigota-microscopic slide-drawing
-Trypanosoma cruzi
• amastigota-microscopic slide-drawing
-Plasmodium falciparum

3. Protozoa of parenchymal organs:
-Toxoplasma gondii
• trophozoites-microscopic slide - drawing

4. Protozoa of the nervous system:
-Naegleria fowleri

5. Protozoa of the urogenital system:
-Trichomonas vaginalis
• trophozoites- microscopic slide -drawing

6. Protozoa of the skin:
-Leishmania tropica
• protomastigota-microscopic slide-drawing

Class 2 (15,17.04.2024r.)           

Subject: Trematodes – digenetic flukes

1. Morphology, biology, life cycle, pathogenesis, diagnostic of parasites:

2. Trematodes of the respiratory system:
-Paragonimus vestermani (lung fluke)
• adult – microscopic slide - drawing

3. Trematodes of the digestive system:
-Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke)
• adult-microscopic slide - drawing (digestive and reproductive systems)
• eggs-microscopic slide-drawing
- Dicrocoelium dendriticum
• adult – microscopic slide – drawing

4. Cardiovascular flukes:
-Schistosoma mansoni
• adult (male, female)-microscopic slide - drawing
• eggs-microscopic slide-drawing

Class 3 (22,24.04.2024r.)

Subject: Cestoda - tapeworms

1. Morphology, biology, life cycle, pathogenesis, diagnostic of parasites:

2. Tapeworms of the digestive system:
-Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm)
• gravid proglottids-microscopic slide-drawing
• eggs – microscopic slide - drawing
-Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm)
• eggs-microscopic slide-drawing
• scolex – microscopic slide - drawing
- Taenia solium (pork tapeworm)
• scolex – microscopic slide – drawing
- Dipylidium caninum
• eggs – drawing

3. Cestodes of organs and tissues:
-Echinococcus granulosus
• adult – microscopic slide - drawing
• protoscoleces-microscopic slide-drawing

Class 4 (29.04., 08.05.2024r.)                       

Subject: Nematodes

1. Morphology, biology, life cycle, pathogenesis, diagnostic of parasites:

2. Gastrointestinal nematodes:
-Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)
• adult-microscopic slide -drawing
• eggs-microscopic slide - drawing

-Ascaris lumbricoides (human roundworm)
• adult (male, female)- macroscopic-drawing
-Trichuris trichiura (whipworm)
• adult (male, female) - microscopic slide-drawing
• eggs-microscopic slide-drawing
- Anisakis simplex

2. Nematodes of circulatory system:
-Loa loa
• microfilariae-microscopic slide
-Wuchereria bancrofti
• microfilariae- microscopic slide

3. Nematodes of parenchymal organs:
-Trichinella spiralis (trichina worm)
• larvae in the striated human muscle - microscopic slide - drawing
-Toxocara canis (canine roundworm)
• adult-macroscopic - drawing
• eggs - microscopic slide -drawing

Class 5 (06,15.05.2024r.)                              

Subject: Parasitic Arachnida - Arachnids

1. Morphology, biology, life cycle, pathogenesis, diagnostic of parasites:
-Ixodes ricinus (tick)
• adult (male, female), larva - microscopic slide-drawing
-Sarcoptes scabiei (itch mite)
• adult -microscopic slide-drawing
-Demodex folliculorum (hair follicle mite)
• adult-microscopic slide-drawing

Subject: Parasitic Insects

1. Morphology, biology, life cycle, pathogenesis, diagnostic of parasites:
-Pediculus humanus (human lice)
• adult-microscopic slide-drawing
• eggs-microscopic slide-drawing
-Pthiru spubis (pubic lice)
• adult-microscopic slide–drawing
-Cimex lectularius- bed bug
• adult -microscopic slide – drawing
-Lucilla sericata-green fly
• adult-macroscopic
-Pulex irritans-human flea
•adult – photo – drawing
-Ctenocephalides canis - dog flea
• adult-microscopic slide-drawing
-Glossina sp.
• adult-microscopic slide-drawing

Class 6 (13,22.05.2024r.)

Colloquium

Theoretical test– 15 open questions and 15 MCQ

Practical exam – parasitological slides. On the practical test each of the students should know: the Latin name of observed species, invasive stage of parasite, kind of material used to recognize the species, location in human body, name of disease caused by the parasite.