Medical ParasitologyStudies the effects of parasites on the community as the chance of the spread of these diseases increases with air travel. Also deals with the epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis, treatment, and prophylaxis of the infections for which the human parasites are responsible. |
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INFECTION | 15 |
EPIDEMIOLOGY | 25 |
NATURAL RESISTANCE AND ACQUIRED IMMUNITY | 34 |
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adult worm AĆ«des Africa amoebae amoebiasis Ancylostoma duodenale Anopheles antigen Ascaris lumbricoides Balantidium coli bite blood films body cause cells centimeters cercariae cestodes Clonorchis sinensis Common synonyms cycle cysts develop diagnosis Diphyllobothrium latum disease donovani drug Echinococcus granulosus eggs embryos Endamoeba histolytica endemic areas erythrocytes facing feces female fever flies fluid forms glands helminths heterophyes hominis hookworm host human infection human parasites hydatid Hymenolepis immunity ingested kala azar known larvae larval stage Leishmania tropica lesions liver malarial parasites male microfilariae microns mite Morphology mosquito mouth nana occurs organism ovale parasite Pathogenicity patient percent alcohol peripheral blood Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium malariae Plasmodium vivax Plate posterior proglottids Prophylaxis protozoan Schistosoma mansoni schistosomiasis scolex skin test snail species spleen stained susceptible symptoms Taenia saginata Taenia solium tapeworms tick tissue transmission transmit trematode Trichinella spiralis Trichomonas Trichuris trichiura trophozoite tropics tsetse usually vector vertebrate Wuchereria bancrofti