MEDICAL

PARASITOLOGY
COURSE OUTLINE
• Chapter One: Introduction of Medical parasitology
• Chapter Two: Amoeba movement
• Chapter Three: Flagellates
• Chapter Four: Ciliates
• Chapter Five: Sporozoa
• Chapter Six: Introduction of Medical helminthology
• Chapter Seven: Phyla platy-helminths
• Chapter Eight: Phyla Nemat-helminths
 CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION OF MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY
• Parasitology: is Greek word comes from
• Parasite: living organism
• Logy: study
• Def: is a living organism which lives permanently or temporary
inside or outside of another organism {Host}.
Host
Host: is an organism which provide
• Nutrition
• Protection
• Ability to reproduction
 Classification of medical parasitology

Medical protozoology Medical Helminthology Medical entomology

     
 Types of parasite

According to their
dependence to the host According to habit
 

According to their
Ectoparasite Endoparasite
Permanent Facultative pathogenicity
parasite parasite  
 

Pathogenic Non-pathogenic Opportunistic

parasite parasite parasite
Types of Host
• Primary Host: Definitive Host: sexual method of reproduction
• Secondary host: intermediate host: asexual methods of reproduction
• Example: Plasmodium—> definitive host mosquitoes Sexual
reproduction (FEMAL AND MALE G Intermediate Human
Assignment:
• Accidental Host
• Reservoir host
• Natural host
• Paratenic host