6.3: Exercise #32 - Helminth Pathogens

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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. Differentiate between platyhelminths and nematodes.
    2. Describe the general and physical characteristics of the typical trematode.
    3. Describe the general and physical characteristics of a cestode.
    4. Describe the general and physical characteristics of a nematode.
    5. Define and contrast definitive hosts and intermediate hosts.
    6. Describe the morphology and epidemiology of important trematode parasites and identify important trematode parasites using microscopy and micrographs.
    7. Describe the morphology and epidemiology of important cestode parasites and identify important trematode parasites using microscopy and micrographs.
    8. Describe the morphology and epidemiology of important nematode parasites and identify important trematode parasites using microscopy and micrographs.

    Materials Needed:

    • Microscope
    • Prepared slides of fungal pathogens (Clonorchis sinensis, Fasciola hepatica, Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma japonicum, Taenia saginata, Taenia solium, Hymenolepis nana, Dipylidium caninum, Diphyllobothrium latum, Ascaris lumbricoides, Enterobius vermicularis, Trichinella spiralis, Trichuris trichiura, Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus, Wuchereria bancrofti)

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