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Teacher
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D'Amelio Stefano
(syllabus)
FOOD ANTHROPOZOONOSIS COURSE PROGRAM - Master's degree course in "FOOD SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES"
Parasitology in the biological and medical sciences. Biological associations. Evolution of parasites and adaptations to parasitic life.
Life cycles of parasites in general. Transmission mechanisms.
Ecological and socioeconomic factors in the spread of parasites. Parasitic host specificity. Parasite-host interaction. Pathogenic action of parasites.
Diagnosis of parasitic diseases of importance in human and veterinary medicine (outline).
zoonoses.
Parasites and foods.
National and community regulations for the prevention of the transmission of foodborne parasites.
Species of parasites treated in the course:
protozoa
Flagellates and ciliates of the intestinal tract (Giardia; Dientamoeba; Balantidium)
Hemoflagellates (Trypanosoma cruzi)
Pathogenic and non-pathogenic intestinal amoebas; amphizoic amoebas (Entamoeba spp; Naegleria; Achantamoeba)
Apicomplexa (Toxoplasma, Cryptosporidium; Sarcocystis)
Helminths
Cestoda: Diphyllobothrium, Taenia solium, T. saginata; Imenolepis spp. Echinococcus spp.
Digenea: Fasciola, Opistorchids,
Nematodes: Geohelminths (Ascaris, Trichiuris); Toxocara; Trichinella, Anisakis, Enterobius.
Parasites and honey bees.
(reference books)
Testi in lingua italiana consigliati
Cancrini G. Parassitologia medica illustrata Ed. EDRA terza edizione
De Carneri Parassitologia Generale e Umana
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