Foundations of Parasitology

Introduction to parasitology; basic principles and concepts I -parasite ecology and evolution; basic principles and concepts II -immunology and pathology; parasitic protozoa - form, function, and classification; kinetoplasts - trypanosomes and their kin; other flagellated protozoa; the amoebas; phylum apicomplexa - gregarines, coccidia, and related organisms; phylum apicomplexa - malaria organisms and prioplasms; phylum ciliophora - ciliated protistan parasites; phyla microspore and myxozoa - parasites with polar filaments; the mesozoa - pioneers or degenerates? introduction to the phylum platyhelminthes; trematoda - aspidobothrea' trematoda - form, function, and classification of digeneans; digeneans - strigeiformes; digeneans - echionostomatiformes; digeneans - plagirochiformes and opisthorchiformes; monogenea; cestoidea - form, function, and classification of the tapeworms; tapeworms; phylum nematoda - form, function, and classification; nematodes - trichurida and dioctoiphymatida, enoplean parasites; nematodes - rhabditida, pioneering parasites; nematodes - strongylida, bursate rhabditians; nematodes - ascaridia, intestinal large roundworms; nematodes -oxyurid, the pinworms; nematodes - spirurida, a potpourri; nematodes -filaroidea, the filarial worms; nematodes - camallanina, the Guinea worms and others; phylum acanthocephala - thorny-headed worms; phylum pentastomida - tongue worms; phylum arthropoda - form, function, and classification; parasitic crustaceans; parasitic insects - mallophaga and anoplura, the lice; parasitic insects - hemiptera, the bugs; parasitic insects - siphonaptera, the fleas; parasitic insects -diptera, the flies; parasitic insects - strepsiptera, hymenopteran, and others; parasitic arachnids - subclass acri, the ticks and mites.