PRACTICAL PARASITOLOGY

Paper Code:

DZOL 812P

Credits:

2

Contact Hours:

60.00

Max. Marks:

100.00

Objective:

Study of life stages of Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia intestinalis, Trypanosoma gambiense, Leishmania donovani and Plasmodium vivax through permanent slides/micro photographs
Study of adult and life stages of Fasciolopsis buski, Schistosoma haematobium, Taenia solium through permanent slides/micro photographs
Study of adult and life stages of Ascaris lumbricoides, Ancylostoma duodenale, Wuchereria bancrofti and Trichinella spiralis through permanent slides/micro photographs
Study of Pediculus humanus (Head louse and Body louse), Xenopsylla cheopis and Cimex lectularius through permanent slides/ photographs
Study of monogenea from the gills of fresh/marine fish [Gills can be procured from fish market as by product of the industry]
Study of nematode/cestode parasites from the intestines of Poultry bird [Intestine can be procured from poultry/market as a by product]
Submission of a brief report on parasitic vertebrates

Essential Readings:

SUGGESTED READINGS

Arora, D. R and Arora, B. (2001) Medical Parasitology. II Edition. CBS Publications and Distributors
E.R. Noble and G.A. Noble (1982) Parasitology: The biology of animal parasites. V Edition, Lea & Febiger
Ahmed, N., Dawson, M., Smith, C. and Wood, Ed. (2007) Biology of Disease. Taylor and Francis Group
Parija, S. C. Textbook of medical parasitology, protozoology & helminthology (Text and colour Atlas), II Edition, All India Publishers & Distributers, Medical Books Publishers, Chennai, Delhi
Rattan Lal Ichhpujani and Rajesh Bhatia. Medical Parasitology, III Edition, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd., New Delhi
Meyer, Olsen & Schmidt's Essentials of Parasitology, Murray, D. Dailey, W.C. Brown Publishers
K. D. Chatterjee (2009). Parasitology: Protozoology and Helminthology. XIII Edition, CBS Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd.

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