- Parasitology with Lab

Catalog description

This is a lecture and laboratory course for biology majors, which emphasizes the protozoan and metazoan organisms of medical importance. The overall goal for the course is to make students become aware of various aspects of medically important parasites, including their morphology, modes of transmission, mechanisms of host entry and infection, niche selection, life cycles, pathogenesis (associated diseases), diagnosis, treatment, and control of infections.