This course includes two distinctive parts, the first part focus on the occurrence of human parasitic diseases with emphasis on diseases causing serious health problems in Egypt. It deals with human parasites including helminthology, protozoology and entomology concerning their morphological features, life cycle, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, different diagnostic techniques, the most recent lines of treatment and prevention. The other part of the course provides students with the essential virology aspects to recognize the epidemiology, mechanisms of pathogenesis, clinical picture, methods of laboratory diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control measures of viral infections in human caused by different RNA and DNA viruses with emphasis on new emerging human viruses.
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