Table 3 Human parasitology course class hours by topic in both the lecture and practice portions of the course in Shandong University School of Medicine, China

General introduction

2

2

Medical protozoology

10

  Introduction to medical protozoology

0.5

  Lobosea (amoebae)

2

Flagellates

3

  Leishmania donovani

1

2

  Giardia lamblia

1

2

  Trichomonas vaginalis

1

2

Sporozoa

4.5

  Plasmodium

2.5

2

  Toxoplasma gondii

1

2

  Cryptosporidium

0.5

  Pneumocystis carinii

0.5

Medical helminths

16

  Introduction to trematodes

0.5

  Clonorchis sinensis

1.5

2

  Fasciolopsis buski

0.5

2

  Paragonimus westermani

2

  Pagumogonimus skrjabini

Self-study

  Schistosoma

2

2

Cestodes (tapeworms)

4

  Introduction to cestodes

0.5

  Spirometra mansoni

Self-study

  Taenia solium

1.5

2

  Taenia saginata

0.5

  Hymenolepis nana

0.5

  Echinococcus granulosus

1

2

Nematodes

5.5

  Introduction to nematodes

0.5

  Ascaris lumbricoides (round worm)

1

2

  Trichuris trichiura (whipworm)

0.5

  Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)

0.5

2

  Ancylostoma duodenale and

  Nector americanus (hookworms)

1.5

  Trichinella spiralis

0.5

2

  Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi (Filaria)

1

Medical Arthropodology

8

  Introduction to medical arthopodology

0.5

  Arachnida

2.5

2

Insecta

5

  Mosquitoes

2

2

  Flies, Sandflies

2

2

  Fleas

0.5

2

  Lice

0.5

Total

72

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