Microbiology: Parasitology

Microbiology · Basic Sciences

How it begins

Análisis exhaustivo de los parásitos del ser humano: protozoos, helmintos y ectoparásitos — con énfasis en ciclos biológicos, patogénesis, correlaciones clínicas, diagnóstico de laboratorio y terapéutica antiparasitaria.

What it covers

1. Complete Parasitology
2. Introduction to Medical Parasitology
3. · Magnitude of the Global Parasitic Problem
4. · Fundamental Concepts in Parasitology
5. · Types of Parasites: General Classification
6. · Mechanisms of Parasitic Tissue Damage
7. Protozoa: Generalities
8. · Apicomplexa — Sporozoans: The Most Pathogenic Group
9. Entamoeba histolytica — Amebiasis
10. · Morphology and Diagnostic Differentiation
11. · Biological Cycle and Pathogenesis
12. · Clinical Spectrum of Amebiasis
13. Giardia lamblia — Giardiasis
14. · Morphology — Visual Diagnosis
15. · Biological Cycle and Pathogenesis
16. · Clinical Spectrum and Relevant Correlations
17. Cryptosporidium and Other Coccidia
18. Other Relevant Intestinal Protozoa
19. Plasmodium — Malaria / Malaria
20. · Complete Biological Cycle of Plasmodium
21. · Comparative Characteristics of Plasmodium Species
22. · Malaria due to P. falciparum — Pathogenesis of Severe Malaria
23. · Clinical Forms of Severe Malaria (WHO Criteria 2015)
24. Trypanosoma — Chagas and Sleeping Sickness
25. · Trypanosoma cruzi — Chagas disease
26. · Phases of Chagas Disease
27. · Trypanosoma brucei — African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness)
28. Leishmania — Leishmaniasis
29. · Clinical Forms of Leishmaniasis
30. Toxoplasma gondii — Toxoplasmosis
31. · Biological Cycle and Transmission Routes
32. · Clinical Forms — According to the Immune Status of the Host
33. Other Tissue and Blood Protozoa
34. Helminths: Generalities
35. · Eosinophilia — The Biological Marker of Helminthiasis
36. Intestinal Nematodes
37. · Löffler Syndrome — Pulmonary Migration of Larvae
38. Tissue Nematodes and Filariae
39. · Larva Migrans — Syndromes due to Erratic Larvae
40. · The Filariae — Vector Transmitted Nematodes
41. Cestodes — Tapeworms and Echinococcus
42. · Anatomy of the Cestode
43. Trematodes — Schistosoma and Fasciola
44. Ectoparasites — Scabies, Lice and Vectors
45. Parasitological Laboratory Diagnosis
46. · The Coprological Examination — The Fundamental Tool
47. · Diagnosis of Parasites in Blood
48. · Serological Techniques in Parasitology
49. Antiparasitics — Mechanisms of Action and Resistance
50. · Massive Preventive Treatment (MPT) — Parasitosis Control