Parasitology
BIO3270

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blood flow in artery with trypanosome

 

American Society of Parasitologists Meeting
Rocky Mountain Conference of Parasitologists

Syllabus

Schedule

Assignments & Tips for Success
Teamwork
Presentation
Book Analysis
New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers
Helpful Hints

Parasite Pronounciation

Lecture Outline
Introduction
Protozoans
Platyhelminthes
Nematodes

Figures and Websites
Introduction

Protozoans
Platyhelminthes
Nematodes

Lab Material
Microscope
Protozoans
Flukes
  eggs
Tapeworms
  eggs
Nematodes

Fecal Specimen Collection

Websites and Links
American Society of Parasitologists
Third Branch of Life Bares its Genes
Parasitism is the Most Popular Lifestyle on Earth
Why Do Humans have Allergies? Parasite Infections May Be the Trigger
Parasite of the Day
Doctors without Borders
Human-Parasite Medical Links
Role of Parasites in the Evolution of Sex
Sexual Reproduction in Trypanosomes?
Example of a Hyperparasite 
How Parasites became so Popular

Immune System and Parasitic Evasion 

Darwin's Illness

A Child Dies in a Small Village

Leishmaniasis
Giardia: The Missing Link
The Ganges: holy, deadly river
Naegleria fowleri Deaths Linked to Sinus Remedy
Death by Mosquito
Malaria in Ancient Egypt
Malaria Gurls
Fake Malaria Drugs
How malaria detects and shields itself from approaching immune cells
Malaria parasite transforms itself to hide from human immune system
The Oncosphere by Walter Garstang
Many little parasites add up to 1 big biomass
Eradication of the Guinea Worm
Save the Guinea Worm Foundation

Parasites brainwash grasshoppers into death dive
Napoleon and Schistosomiasis
Evolution at Work
The Wisdom of Parasites
A North Korean Defector Has ‘Enormous’ Parasites
Souvenir from Belize
Can you get worms from eating sushi?
Parasitology at CSU Vet School
Aquaculture and Parasitism
Decades Later, Vietnam Vets May Be Silently Fighting Cancer-Causing Parasite

Cordyceps (Parasitic Fungus)
Bedbug Reproduction
Opening a Can of Worms
Dr. Campbell, Merck and Ivermectin
The Story of Bill Campbell
Parasites and Human Migration
A Nematode that Survived 46,000 Years
A Crab-castrating Parasite

Cutaneous Larval Migrans from Caribbean Vacation
Bizarre Parasites
Can Worms Alleviate Autism?
Allergies and Parasites

What is Delusional Parasitosis?
Are you clean inside? (A SCAM!!!)