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Lecturer(s)
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Scholz Tomáš, prof. RNDr. CSc.
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Kuchta Roman, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Content of lectures: 1. Introduction The characteristic of main groups of parasitic helminths. Significance of helminths and the methods of helminthology. Terminology. 2. Adaptations of helminths to parasitism. 3. The functional morphology of helminths. 4. The Helminths reproduction and development. The types of life cycles. Morphological and physiological adaptations of developmental stages. 5. The ecologie of helminths. Host-parasite interactions, pathology, host specificity. Abiotic and biotic factors, the ecology of communities. 6. Phylogeny and classification of helminths. 7. An overview of the main groups of parasitic helminths. Trematoda, Monogenea, Cestoda, Acanthocephala, Nematoda. 8. Medically and economically important helminths. Content of practices: 1. Microscopy techniques in helminths research. 2. Permanent slides, staining. 3. The main groups of helminths. 4. Monogenea - methods of study and determination. 5. Digenea I. 6. Digenea II. 7. Cestoda. 8. Acanthocephala. 9. Nematoda. 10. Dissection of fish. 11. Field excursion. 12. Mollusca as intermediate hosts of digeneans - methods of study and the morphology of cercaria. 13. Electron microscopy - the study o surface structure and ultrastructure.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Laboratory, Individual preparation for exam
- Class attendance
- 80 hours per semester
- Preparation for classes
- 10 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 10 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 40 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Students will get basic knowledge of the biology of helminths, i.e., parasitic members of the groups Plathelminthes (Neodermata: classes Trematoda, Monogenea and Cestoda), Ecdysozoa (Nematoda) and Syndermata (Acanthocephala). Special attention is paid to basic characteristics of helminths, their adaptation to parasitic way of life, organ systems and life cycles, ecology of helminths and their evolutionary history. In the systematic part, students will learn about the most important helminth parasites of humans and domestic animals, their transmission, distribution and effect on their hosts.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Combined exam
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Recommended literature
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Esch G. E., Fernandes J. C. Functional Biology of Parasitism. Chapman & Hall. 1993.
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Kearn G. Parasitism and Parasitic Plathelminthes. Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1998.
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Kennedy C. R. Ecological Animal Parasitology. Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1975.
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Peter W., Giles H. M. Color Atlas of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. Fourth Edition. Mosby - Wolfe. 1995.
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Rohde K. Ecology of Marine Parasites. University of Queensland Press. 1993.
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Schmidt G. D., Roberts L. Foundations of Parasitology. Fifth Edition. Wm. C. Brown Publishers. 1996.
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Skripta: Horák P., Scholz T. Biologie helmintů. Univerzita Karlova. 1998.
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Smyth J. D. Introduction to Animal Parasitology. Cambridge University Press. 1994.
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