6.2: Exercise #31 - Protozoan Parasites

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    Exercise Outcomes:

    Course Laboratory Learning Outcomes

    THECB - ACGM Lab Learning Outcome #1 Use and comply with laboratory safety rules, procedures, and universal precautions.

    THECB - ACGM Lab Learning Outcome #2 Demonstrate proficient use of a compound light microscope.

    THECB - ACGM Lab Learning Outcome #8 Demonstrate basic identification protocols based on microscopic morphology of some common fungi and parasites.

    Laboratory Exercise Learning Outcomes
    1. Describe the general characteristics of protozoans.
    2. Describe the classification of protozoans based on motility, and how this classfication scheme is useful clinically.
    3. Define trophozoite and cyst and differentiate between the two structures.
    4. Define vector.
    5. Compare and contrast biological vectors of some human pathogens.
    6. Describe the morphology and epidemiology of important protozoan parasites and identify protozoan parasites using microscopy and micrographs.

    Materials Needed:

    • Microscope
    • Prepared slides of fungal pathogens (Entamoeba histolytica, Naegleria fowleri, Balantidium coli, Giardia lamblia, Trichomonas vaginalis, Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium falciparum, Cryptosporidium parvum)

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