Università Roma Tre

Training modules Topics
General parasitology 1 Elements of taxonomy of parasites. Symbiosis
commensalism and parasitism. Adaptations
to parasitism. Ecology of parasites.
General parasitology 2 Zoonoses. Pathogenesis. Parasitic diseases
more important. Epidemiology, prevention and
care.
Flagellates 1 Flagellates of the reticuloendothelial system.
Leishmaniasis: Leishmania infantum and L.
Donovani. Trypanosomiasis: Trypanosoma cruzi
(Chagas disease); Trypanosoma brucei
(sleeping sickness).
Flagellates 2 Intestinal and urogenital flagellates (Giardia
duodenalis, Trichomonas vaginalis).
Intestinal protozoa and pathogenic amoebae Blastocystis hominis, Dientamoeba fragilis.
Intestinal amoebae: Entamoeba histolytica,
Entamoeba dispar, Entamoeba coli. Naegleria
fowleri and Acanthamoeba castellanii.
Apicomplexa 1 General information on Apicomplexa: Cycles and structure
cellular. Cryptosporidium spp. Toxoplasma
Gondii.
Apicomplexa 2 Plasmodium and malaria: Plasmodium falciparum,
Pl.vivax, Pl.oval, Pl.malariae. Plasmodium
knowlesi.
Flatworms Trematodes: Fasciola epatica, Schistosoma spp.e
schistosomiasis. Opistorchis felineus and
Clonorchis sinensis.
Cestodes Diphyllobothrium latum, Taenia solium and
Taenia saginata. Echinococcosis: Echinococcus
granulosus and E. multilocularis.
Geohelminthiasis nematodes: Trichuris trichura, Ascaris lumbricoides, Ancylostoma duodenale.
Pinworms. Anisakis spp
Tissue Nematodes Wuchereria bancrofti, Onchocerca
Volvulus, Dracunculus medinensis, Trichinella
Spp.
Vector insects and arthropods ectoparasites Sandflies (Flebotumus) and Mosquitoes (Anopheles,
Aedes). Arachnids: Ixodidae ticks, Argasidae
and Scabies mites. Insects: Anopluri
(Lice), Afanitteri (fleas).
Pharmacology Antiprotozoal and anthelmintic drugs. Drugs
Antimalarials and the phenomenon of drug resistance.
Parasite diagnostics Conventional and microscopic diagnostics.
Antigenic and serological tests. Diagnostic
molecular.
Interaction between parasites and the system
host immune
Tolerance and inflammation. Mechanisms of
"escape".
Bioinformatics for the study of parasites Database and applications used for
pest study: VEuPathDB and WormBase

DE CARNERI – PARASSITOLOGIA MEDICA E DIAGNOSTICA PARASSITOLOGICA – CASA EDITRICE AMBROSIANA, 2013 (vecchia edizione)
DE CARNERI – PARASSITOLOGIA MEDICA E DIAGNOSTICA PARASSITOLOGICA – CASA EDITRICE AMBROSIANA, 2023