Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Welcome to Parasitology Fall, 2012


Course Objectives of this class

The purpose of this course is to expose you to the field of parasitology. No study of parasites is complete without mentioning the main parasitic organisms that plague humans across the globe, so a majority of the course will provide detailed coverage of parasites that are of public health concern. The remainder of the semester will cover common human parasites representing different animal phyla. Since parasites can be found in every major animal phylum and are reliant on lifecycles that incorporate vertebrate and invertebrate hosts, this course has a strong organismic focus.

Purpose of this blog

 The purpose of this blog is to share articles and article summaries with other students from class. Post your article summary in this blog (preferably with a link, maybe a picture?) and comment on the posts of others. If you think other students will appreciate an article about parasites, send it to me and I will post it.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.