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MEDICAL PROTOZOOLOGY (TRMD 607)
This is a comprehensive course covering protozoa which infect humans. The basic biology of these protozoa, as well as the clinical manifestations of the diseases they cause, will be discussed. Life cycles, morphological features, host-parasite interactions, geographical distribution, reservoir hosts, methods of transmission and control, pathology, immunological aspects and diagnosis will be covered. The biological and clinical perspectives gained in this course will assist students in the recognition, evaluation and management of public health problems or clinical practice involving medically important protozoa.
Lectures will be given on Wednesday and Friday afternoons during Session I (August 27-October 15) at 1:00-3:00 in Tidewater 1208 (see class schedule for room assignment updates and call numbers and see #4 on map for location of Tidewater Building).
| Date | Lecture Topics | Chapters | Text | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug | 27 | What are Protozoa? | 1 | 1-6 | |
| Protozoan Cell and Molecular Biology | |||||
| 29 | Giardiasis | 3 | 7-11 | ||
| Other lumenal protozoa (Trichomoniasis, Balantidiosis, Blastocystis, Dientamoeba) | 5-6 | 46-49, 92-93, 100 | |||
| Sept | 3 | Amebiasis | 4 | 84-89 | |
| 5 | African Trypanosomiasis | 8 | 32-37 | ||
| 10 | Chagas' Disease | 9 | 39-44 | ||
| 12 | Leishmaniasis | 10 | 13-30 | ||
| 17 | Midterm Exam | ||||
| 19 | Plasmodium | 15 | 50-57 | ||
| Malaria | 59-67 | ||||
| 24 | Pathophysiology of Malaria | 57-59 | |||
| Epidemiology and Transmission of Malaria | 65-67 | ||||
| 26 | Distinguishing Plasmodium species | 60-65 | |||
| Chemotherapy and Drug Resistance | 308-313 | ||||
| Oct | 1 | Coccidia | 12-13 | 69-72, 96-98 | |
| 3 | Toxoplasma | 14 | 75-81 | ||
| Rare Apicomplexan Infections (Babesia, Sarcocystis) | 16 | 95-96 | |||
| 8 | Free-Living Protozoa | 17 | 98-100 | ||
| 10 | Opportunistic Infections and AIDS | ||||
| Intracellular Pathogens | 11 | ||||
| 15 | Comprehensive Final Examination | ||||
Lecture links are to Study Guides. Chapters refer to draft chapters available on Blackboard. Text refers to corresponding pages in Parasitic Diseases, 5th edition by Despommier, Gwadz, Hotez and Knirsch, Apple Trees Productions, New York, 2005. Additional course related material and powerpoint files are available on Blackboard. PDF file of class syllabus.
| Instructor: | Mark F. Wiser, Ph.D. |
| Room 2224 Tidewater | |
| 988-2507 | |
| wiser@tulane.edu | |
| Office Hours: | Tues & Thurs 2-4 (or by appointment) |
Supplemental Texts on reserve in the Medical School Library located on the second floor of the Medical School (1430 Tulane Avenue, see #1 on map).
Atlas of Human Parasitology, 4th edition, by Ash and Orihel. ASCP Press, 1997.
Color Atlas of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology by Peters and Gilles. Mosby-Wolfe, 1995.
Basic Clinical Parasitology, 6th ed. by Neva and Brown. Appleton & Lange, 1994.
Parasitic Diseases, 4th ed. by Despommier, Gwadz, Hotez and Knirsch. Apple Trees Production, 2000.
Human Parasitology, 2nd ed. by Bogitsh and Cheng. Academic Press, 1998.
Markell and Voge's Medical Parasitology, 8th ed. by Markell, John, and Krotoski. Saunders, 1999.
Protozoal Diseases, edited by Herbert M. Gilles. Oxford University Press, 1999.
Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens, and Practice, by Guerrant, Walker, and Weller. Churchill Livingstone, 1999.
Essentials of Tropical Infectious Diseases, by Guerrant, Walker and Weller. Churchill Livingstone, 2001.
The CDC provide a free CD
on the identification and diagnosis of parasites of public health concern. The
CD contains information and images of many parasites with an emphasis on intestinal
parasites. Go to http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Training.htm
for more information.
A midterm and a comprehensive final exam will be given over the lecture material. The format of these lecture exams will be multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank. Grading is as follows:
| Midterm Exam | 80 points | Key to Midterm Exam |
| Final Exam | 120 points | Key to Final Exam |
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