Courses Catalogue

Parasitology

Course Code: MCB 411
Credit Unit: 2
Academic Programme: Bachelor of Science Degree in Microbiology
Faculty: Microbiology
Status: Core
Programme Type: Bachelor

Course Description

Principles of parasitism, Parasite-I lost relationship, parasitic adaptations, epidemiology, and socioeconomic impact of some common tropical parasitic diseases. Brief history of Parasitology, Parasites defined, Evolution of parasites. Parasitic life; advantages and problems, Attachment and maintenance in the host, Reproduction and transmission, The distribution, life cycle, epidemiology, pathogenesis treatment and control of protozoan and helminths parasites