General Parasitology (BIOL 4104)
Course Description (BIOL 4104): This course is an introduction to the biology of parasitism, which is one category of symbiosis. You will learn the distinguishing features of (1) the major animal groups which contain parasitic members, (2) the associations between parasites and hosts, and (3) solutions to the problems of a parasitic way of life. Often we will study examples of parasites that affect human beings. I hope that when you complete this course you have a broader understanding of the place of parasitism among symbiotic relationships as well as a wider view of the importance of symbiosis in living communities.
Syllabus and Attachment
Week 1
Lecture 1 Introduction, Desowitz Chs 1 & 2
Lecture 2 Definitions, R and J Chs 2 & 3
Lab 1 Amoebas, R and J Ch 7
Lecture 3 Areas of Responsibility
Week 2
Lecture 4 Intro to Amoebas, R and J Ch 7
Lecture 5 Amoeba of Humans/Lab 2 Intestinal Amoeba diversity
Lectures 6 Other Amoebas
Week 3
Lectures 7 Intro to flagellates /Lab 3 Intestinal Flagellates, R and J Ch 6
Lecture 7 Intestinal Flagellates cont, R and J Chs 5 & 6; Desowitz Chs 13 and 6
Week 4
Lecture 8 Giardia and Hemoflagellates, R and J Chs 5 & 6; Desowitz Chs 13 and 6
Lecture 9/Lab 4 Kala Azar and Cutaneaous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis, R and J Ch 5
Lecture 10 Leishmaniasis continued
Week 5
Lecture 11 and 12 African Trypanosomiasis, R and J Ch 5
Lectuere 13 and 14/Lab 5 American Trypanosomiasis and Other Trypanosomes, R and J Ch 5
Week 6
Lecture 15 and 16 Plasmodium life history; Malaria: pathology, symptoms, treatment and prognosis,
R and J Ch 8/Lab 6
Lecture 17 Malaria continuded
Week 7
Week 8
Lecture 18 Other Apicomplexans
Lab 8/ Lecture 19 Intro to flatworms and liver flukes
Week 9 Lab 9
Test I
Lectures I (20) and II and III (21, 22) Liver, Lung, Intestinal Flukes and Alaria /Lab 9 Liver Flukes
Week 10
Lecture 23 Blood Flukes II/ Lab 10 Blood Flukes
Week 11
Lecture -24-25 Cestodes I
Lecture 26-28 Cestodes II/Lab 11 Cestodes
Week 12
Lecture 29 Cestodes III
Lectures 30-31 Intro to Nematodes and Ascarics/Lab 12 Cestodes II
Lecture 32 Ascarids continured
Week 13/14
Lectures 33-34 Nematodes Pinworms and Trichurids/Lab 13
Week 15
Lectures 35-36 Nematodes Hookworms / Lab 14
Lab Practical Review II
Lecture 37-38 Nematodes Filarialworms
Week 16
Groups Not Covered
Nematomorpha
Acanthocephala
Leeches
Arthropods