LECTURE NOTES
Degree and Diploma Programs
For Health Science Students
Medical Parasitology
Dawit Assafa, Ephrem Kibru, S. Nagesh,
Solomon Gebreselassie, Fetene Deribe, Jemal Ali
Jimma University
Debub University
University of Gondar
In collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, The Carter Center,
the Ethiopia Ministry of Health, and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education
2004
, Funded under USAID Cooperative Agreement No. 663-A-00-00-0358-00.
Produced in collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, The Carter
Center, the Ethiopia Ministry of Health, and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education.
Important Guidelines for Printing and Photocopying
Limited permission is granted free of charge to print or photocopy all pages of this
publication for educational, not-for-profit use by health care workers, students or
faculty. All copies must retain all author credits and copyright notices included in the
original document. Under no circumstances is it permissible to sell or distribute on a
commercial basis, or to claim authorship of, copies of material reproduced from this
publication.
©2006 by Dawit Assafa, Ephrem Kibru, S. Nagesh,, Solomon
Gebreselassie, Fetene Deribe, Jemal Ali
All rights reserved. Except as expressly provided above, no part of this publication may
be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical,
including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system,
without written permission of the author or authors.
This material is intended for educational use only by practicing health care workers or
students and faculty in a health care field.
,PREFACE
This lecture note is useful to students of health science, medicine and other
students and academicians. It is believed to provide basic knowledge to students
on medical parasitology. It also serves as a good reference to parasitologists,
graduate students, biomedical personnel, and health professionals. It aims at
introducing general aspects of medically important parasites prevalent in the
tropics and in Ethiopia in particular. It is our belief that this note will contribute
much in alleviating the shortage of Parasitology texts.
Students preparing to provide health care in their profession need solid
foundation of basic scientific knowledge of etiologic agents of diseases, their
diagnosis and management. To face the fast growing trends of scientific
information, students require getting education relevant to what they will be doing
in their future professional lives. Books that are of manageable size are
increasingly important in helping students learn the seemingly overwhelming
amount of information they must absorb.
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, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The writers are indebted to the Ethiopian Public Health Initiative (EPHI) for
encouragement and financial support. We thank all who contributed in the write
up of this lecture note and those involved in giving the secretarial service in all
colleges and Universities. Included in the acknowledgment are also the reviewers
of the draft material, Dr. Habtamu and Ato Asrat Hailu who are currently staffs of
AAU-MF, Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology department. Their
comments were quiet constructive and well taken up.
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Degree and Diploma Programs
For Health Science Students
Medical Parasitology
Dawit Assafa, Ephrem Kibru, S. Nagesh,
Solomon Gebreselassie, Fetene Deribe, Jemal Ali
Jimma University
Debub University
University of Gondar
In collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, The Carter Center,
the Ethiopia Ministry of Health, and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education
2004
, Funded under USAID Cooperative Agreement No. 663-A-00-00-0358-00.
Produced in collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, The Carter
Center, the Ethiopia Ministry of Health, and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education.
Important Guidelines for Printing and Photocopying
Limited permission is granted free of charge to print or photocopy all pages of this
publication for educational, not-for-profit use by health care workers, students or
faculty. All copies must retain all author credits and copyright notices included in the
original document. Under no circumstances is it permissible to sell or distribute on a
commercial basis, or to claim authorship of, copies of material reproduced from this
publication.
©2006 by Dawit Assafa, Ephrem Kibru, S. Nagesh,, Solomon
Gebreselassie, Fetene Deribe, Jemal Ali
All rights reserved. Except as expressly provided above, no part of this publication may
be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical,
including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system,
without written permission of the author or authors.
This material is intended for educational use only by practicing health care workers or
students and faculty in a health care field.
,PREFACE
This lecture note is useful to students of health science, medicine and other
students and academicians. It is believed to provide basic knowledge to students
on medical parasitology. It also serves as a good reference to parasitologists,
graduate students, biomedical personnel, and health professionals. It aims at
introducing general aspects of medically important parasites prevalent in the
tropics and in Ethiopia in particular. It is our belief that this note will contribute
much in alleviating the shortage of Parasitology texts.
Students preparing to provide health care in their profession need solid
foundation of basic scientific knowledge of etiologic agents of diseases, their
diagnosis and management. To face the fast growing trends of scientific
information, students require getting education relevant to what they will be doing
in their future professional lives. Books that are of manageable size are
increasingly important in helping students learn the seemingly overwhelming
amount of information they must absorb.
i
, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The writers are indebted to the Ethiopian Public Health Initiative (EPHI) for
encouragement and financial support. We thank all who contributed in the write
up of this lecture note and those involved in giving the secretarial service in all
colleges and Universities. Included in the acknowledgment are also the reviewers
of the draft material, Dr. Habtamu and Ato Asrat Hailu who are currently staffs of
AAU-MF, Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology department. Their
comments were quiet constructive and well taken up.
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