CLINICAL PARASIT CL VIROLOGY

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The course presents the techniques used for identifying parasites through clinical laboratory methods. It makes emphasis in the samples analysis, handling, and processing. Studies parasite's life cycle and how it spreads. Methods and procedures for virus i solation, diagnosis and control for disease prevention, and clinical significance are presented. The importance of molecular techniques in the diagnosis of diseases caused by viruses or parasites will be discussed. MTEC 403 CLINICAL PARASITOLOGY AND CLINICAL VIROLOGY 1 CREDIT The student will practice, in the area of parasitology, management, analysis, identification and report important results for a medical diagnosis. Emphasis will be placed on quality control and quality assurance in the clinical laboratory. The possible molecular techniques for the identification of parasites will be discussed. MTEC 404 CLINICAL MYCOLOGY 1 CREDIT This course is designed for the student to learn about the taxonomy, morphology and pathogenesis of fungi. The procedures used to isolate and identify pathogenic fungi related to humans will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on clinical symptoms, treatment and epidemiology. Molecular tests and their importance in the identification of fungi will be presented.