PARASITOLOGY Teaching unitCourses:CLINICAL ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSTICS IIYear: Year 4 of Bachelor's in PharmacyDegree: Bachelor's in PharmacyDescriptionThe different types of sample and the needed methodologies will be learn for the collection, transportation, processing and diagnosis, depending on the habitat in which are parasites, as well as the most frequent species.ObjectivesTo acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for the etiological diagnosis of human infectious diseases.To learn about the organization and functioning of a microbiology and Parasitology clinical laboratory.To know the different procedures for the selection, collection, preservation, transportation and processing of the different types of clinical specimens.Learn the methodologies of diagnosis for the diagnosis of infectious diseases through direct examination, isolation in culture media as well as the basis of immunological and molecular diagnosis.To know the methodologies and basic procedures for diagnosis of parasitic infections (Parasitology).SubjectsLecture topicsCoproparasitological diagnosis. Methods of preservation. Methods of concentration by sedimentation methods. Methods for the isolation and identification. Special staining methods.Diagnosis of haemotisular parasites. Sampling, microscopic identification techniques, immunological and molecular techniques.Laboratory topicsDiagnosis of clinical cases with suspicion of infection with hematic or tisular parasitic agents. Giemsa stain. Microscopic observation of hemoparasites.Coproparasitologic diagnosis from clinical specimens: realization of the method of concentration of parasitic structures. Microscopic observation of protozoa and helminths of intestinal habitat.