MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA E BIOLOGIA DEI PROTOZOI E METAZOI PARASSITIModule BIOLOGIA DEI PROTOZOI E METAZOI PARASSITI
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: BIANCA MARIA LOMBARDOExpected Learning Outcomes
Provide specific knowledge of human parasites, Protozoa and Metazoa, and their biological cycles; understanding of the adaptations that allow them the maintenance of the symbiosis and of the action they perform on their guests.
Develop the skills to apply this knowledge in the prevention and control strategies to the parasites studied.
Acquisition of the specific lexicon, required for correct communication, both written and oral, in Italian and English.
Course Structure
The teaching is divided into lectures and exercises; the latter provide both recurrent assessment activities and practical laboratories.
Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
Detailed Course Content
Relationships between species: symbiosis, parasitism, coevolution.
Biology of parasites: adaptations to parasitic life; action of parasites on the guests.
Parasitology and human mobility.
Protozoa: characteristics, life cycles, epidemiology, control and prevention of the following parasites: Leishmania spp., Trypanosoma cruzi, Tripanosoma brucei gambiense and T.b. rhodesiense; Giardia spp., Trichomonas spp.; Ameba spp.; Balantidium coli; Toxoplasma gondii, Plasmodium spp..
Platyhelminthes: characteristics, life cycles, epidemiology, control and prevention of the following parasites: Schistosoma spp., Fasciola hepatica, Opistorchis felineus, Paragonimus westermanii (Trematoda); Taenia spp., Echinococcus granulosus, Dyphillobotrium latum, Dypilidium caninum, Hymenolepis nana (Cestoda).
Nematoda: characteristics, life cycles, epidemiology, control and prevention of the following parasites: Ancylostoma duodenalis, Necator americanus, Trichiuris trichura, Ascaris lumbricoides; Strongyloides stercoralis, Enterobius vermicularis, Dracunculus medinensis, Trichinella spp.; Wuchereria bancroftii, Loa loa, Onchocerca volvolus.
Arthropoda: characteristics, life cycles, epidemiology, control and prevention of the Acariformes and Insecta pests.
Textbook Information
I - De Carneri - Parassitologia generale e umana
Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano – a cura di Claudio Genchi ed Edoardo Pozio
II - De Carneri – Parassitologia medica e diagnostica parassitologica
Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano – a cura di Olga Brandonisio, Fabrizio Bruschi, Claudio Genchi ed Edoardo Pozio
III - Schmidt G.D., Roberts L.S. – Foundations of Parasitology
Mc Graw Hill – Higher Education