201314 - Parasitology
Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisite

201210

Co-requisite

Distribution

3+0

This course aims at familiarizing students with the basic concepts of Parasitology including types of animal associations, parasite life cycles ? infection and transmission, and evolution of parasitism as well as morphology, classification, and distribution. The course also deals with important human diseases including malaria, sleeping sickness, Leishmaniasis, as well roundworm, tapeworm, nematode and arthropod diseases in terms of pathology, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and control.