APPLY MICROBIOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGY (laboratory techniques, microbial structure,functional pathogenic microorganisms, diagnosis infection, parasites life cycles and diagnostic approaches and prevention measures,59 pages essential for students in nursing,

APPLIED BASIC MICROBIOLOGY AND
PARASITOLOGY

By.Jedidah macharia

, LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Identify common parasites and microbes
2. Determine life cycle of microbes and
parasites
3. Determine microbial and parasitic diseases
4. Apply parasitology and microbiology in
disease prevention and control

,INTRODUCTION

, TERMINOLOGY
• Microbiology- branch of science that deals with the study of
microorganisms (includes viruses, fungi, bacteria, protozoa).
• Parasitology- study of parasites, their hosts and the relationship
between them.
• Microbes (viruses, bacteria, protozoa) have many uses in our daily
life.
• Mycology is the study of fungi
• Microbes are divided into;
– Cellular microbes
– Acellular microbes