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Level 2
210BBC223
Invertebrate Biology
Arthropods and Man
Impact of non-parasitic arthropods on man.

Platyhelminths - Monogeneans
General structure & function, life-cycle patterns, evolution of
parasitism, skin & gill flukes, host specificity.

Platyhelminths - Trematodes
General structure & function, life-cycle patterns, larval
stages, blood fluke; lifecycle, disease pathology, diagnosis & treatment.
Level 3
110BBC320
Parasitology
Monogeneans
Skin, gill & bladder flukes; general morphology, lifecycles, tegument.

Trematodes - the blood flukes
Schistosoma mansoni; lifecycle, disease pathology, diagnosis
& treatment; evasion of host immunity.

Trematodes - the liver & lung flukes
Fasciola hepatica, Dicrocoelium dendriticum, Clonorchis sinensis & Paragonimus westermani; lifecycle, disease pathology, diagnosis & treatment.