Medical Helminthology

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 238 1. describe some listed and provided helminthes; 2. discuss wet mounts from stool/urine/sputum; 3. demonstrate thin and thick films for identification of microfilaria; 4. demonstrate skin snips; and 5. identify helminthes from tissue biopsy.

Description and identification of the following Helminthes. Schistosoma spp. Paragonimus westermanii, Fasciolopsis buski, Metagoninus yokogawai, Heterophyes heterophyes, Dicrocoelium hospes, Taenia spp. Echinococcus granulosus, Hymenolepsis nana, Diphylobothrium latun, Ascaris lumricoides, Strongyloides stercoralis, Ancylostoma duodenanale, Necator americanus, Enterobius vermicularis, Trichuris trichiura, Wuchereria bancrofti, Loa, loa, Brugia malayi, Dracunculus medinensis, Onchocerca volvulus, Trichinella spiralis. Practical Helminthology. Wet mounts from stool/urine/sputum. Thin and thick films for identification of microfilaria. Skin snips. Identification of Helminthes from tissue biopsy.