Id: 042479 Credits Min: 3 Credits Max: 3

Description

An introduction to the diversity of single-celled eukaryotes, i.e., protozoans, that are parasites of humans, domestic, and wild animals. Lectures emphasize the morphology, physiology, and life cycles of species of Plasmodium (Malaria), Trypanosoma (Sleeping sickness, Chagas Disease), Leishmania (Leishmaniasis), Toxoplasma (Toxoplasmosis), and Giardia (Giardiasis), and include their arthropod vectors when present (e.g., mosquitoes, sand flys, kissing bugs, ticks). Students will learn the basics of disease (symptoms and pathologies), historical and contemporary treatments, and control measures. Current research will be emphasized with the primary literature. The lecture will incorporate a synchronous laboratory component that provides students opportunities to examine prepared specimens for identification and apply basic methods to the study of parasitic protozoa.

Prerequisites

BIOL.2220 Principals of Cell and Molecular Biology.

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