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GENERAL CONCEPTS AND LIFE CYCLES OF THE MAIN HUMAN PARASITES
TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS IN GENERAL PARASITOLOGY
CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN PARASITES (PROTOZOA, HELMINTHS, ARTHROPODS)
MORPHOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION OF PARASITES
BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO PARASITE IDENTIFICATION AND SYSTEMATICS
TRANSMISSION PATTERNS THROUGH VECTORS: TRYPANOSOMATIDS, PLASMODIA, BABESIA,
FILARIAL WORMS, SCHISTOSOMES
TRANSMISSION PATTERNS THROUGH INGESTION: GIARDIA, AMOEBA, TOXOPLASMA, CRYPTOSPORIDIUM,
TAPEWORMS, TRICHINELLA, TOXOCARA, PINWORMS
OTHER TRANSMISSION PATTERS: STRONGYLOIDES
IMMUNITY TO PARASITES AND PARASITE’S EVASION

PARASITIC DISEASES
TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOGENESIS, CLINICAL FEATURES, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
MAJOR PARASITIC DISEASES ENDEMIC IN ITALY: LEISHMANIASIS, GIARDIASIS, TOXOPLASMOSIS,
CYSTICERCOSIS, ECHINOCOCCOSIS/HYDATIDOSIS, TRICHINELLOSIS, TOXOCARIASIS,
DIROFILARIASIS, OXYURIASIS, PEDICULOSIS
MAJOR PARASITIC DISEASES IMPORTED TO ITALY: AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS (SLEEPING SICKNESS);
AMERICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS (CHAGAS DISEASE), AMEBIASIS, MALARIA, SCHISTOSOMIASIS

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR CONSULTATION:
IVO DE CARNERI – PARASSITOLOGIA GENERALE E UMANA – CASA EDITRICE AMBROSIANA (LAST EDITION)
GABRIELLA CANCRINI – PARASSITOLOGIA MEDICA ILLUSTRATA – LOMBARDO EDITORE