Infectious Tropical Diseases and Medical Entomology

Tropical Infectious Diseases and Medical Entomology is an optional subject of the Degree in Medicine that includes the following objectives:
- Know the biology and ecology of the main arthropods that act as vectors of tropical infectious diseases transmissible to humans, as well as the methods of vector control.
- Know the etiology, biological cycles, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical, differential diagnosis, and the diagnostic-therapeutic bases of the main tropical infectious diseases, especially in those known as "neglected diseases".

Theme 1. Introduction to the study of tropical infectious diseases and medical entomology: Etiology of tropical infectious diseases. Sources of infection. Roads and transmission mechanisms.

Theme 2. Transmission by vectors: Types of vectors. Biology and ecology of the main arthropods of medical interest. Mosquitoes (Anopheles Culex and Aedes), Phlebotominae, Triatominae Bugs, Flies (Glossina and Simulium), Horseflies (Chrysops), Lice, Fleas and Ticks. Vector control. Tropical diseases produced by arthropods. Myiasis, tungosis (nigua) and scabies.

Theme 3. Etiology of viral tropical infectious diseases. Tropical infectious diseases caused by viruses. Hemorrhagic viruses. Acute severe respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus. Respiratory syndrome due to Hantavirus. Viral encephalitis. Rage. Avian influenza virus. Other viral infections.

Theme 4. Etiology of bacterial and fungal tropical infectious diseases. Tropical infectious diseases produced by bacteria and fungi. Anger. Diarrhea due to enterobacteria. Mycobacterial diseases (Buruli ulcer, leprosy). Recurrent fevers Infections due to rickettsia and chlamydia. Leptospirosis Other bacterial infections. Histoplasmosis Paracoccidiodomicosis. Other fungal infections

Theme 5. Clinical aspects, differential diagnosis and treatment of tropical infections caused by viruses, bacteria and fungi.

Theme 6. Intestinal protozoosis: amebosis and other protozoosis causing diarrhea.

Theme 7. Blood and tissue protozoosis: malaria, visceral leishmaniasis, cutaneous leishmaniasis, African trypanosomosis, Chagas disease.

Theme 8. Clinical aspects, differential diagnosis and treatment of tropical infections produced by intestinal, hematic and tissue protozoa.

Theme 9. Geohelmintosis (ascariosis, trichuriosis, strongyloidosis and uncinariosis).Parasitosis caused by tissue nematodes (filariasis, dracunculiasis). Clinical aspects, differential diagnosis and treatment of soil-transmitted helminthosis and filariasis.

Theme 10. Cestodosis and larval cestodosis (hymenolepiosis and cysticercosis). Clinical aspects, differential diagnosis and treatment.

Theme 11. Schistosomiasis and other trematodoses. Clinical aspects, differential diagnosis and treatment.

Basic bibliography

- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (2018). Ed. McGraw-Hill. 20th Ed.

- GILL, GV AND BEECHING, NJ. (2014) Lecture notes on Tropical Medicine. 7th Ed. Blackwell Publishing

- Gerrant et al. (2011). Tropical Infectious Diseases. Principles, Pathogens and Practice. Expert consult. 3rd Ed. Saunders-Elsevier.

Complementary bibliography

- García, S. Lynne. Diagnostic medical parasitology. ASM Press, Washington, D.C. 6ªEd. 2016

- Murray, Patrick R., Ellen Jo Baron, James H. Jorgensen, Marie Louise Landry, and Michael A. Pfaller. Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 9º Ed. Washington,
DC: ASM Press, 2007.

- Prats, G. Microbiología Clínica y Parasitología Médicas. Ed. Panamericana, 2013.

CEMIII.21 (Know the main infectious agents and their mechanisms of action)
CEMIII.22 (Recognize, diagnose and guide in the management of the main infectious pathologies in the different organs and apparatuses)
CEMIII.23 (Recognize, diagnose and guide in the management of the main systemic infectious pathologies).

The lectures (23 hours) will be taught in person in the classroom.
The interactive laboratory classes (2 hours) will be held in person in the laboratory.
Through forums and chats, communication with students will be maintained and reinforced through the Virtual Classroom, where self-assessment exercises can also be included to promote autonomous learning.
The tutorials (1 hour) will be dedicated to resolving doubts or clarifications and will be scheduled by the teacher, at the student's request.

The knowledge acquired will be evaluated by means of a final written test (60%) complementary to a continuous evaluation (40%):
The final written test will consist of a test exam with multi-answer questions, of which only one will be true (four incorrect answers will eliminate the value of one correct).
For continuous evaluation, attendance to lectures will be controlled, which will allow obtaining a maximum of 3 points (30%) and active participation in practical laboratory classes that will allow obtaining a maximum of 1 point (10%).
The points from the continuous evaluation will be added to the value of those obtained in the test exam, as long as a minimum value of 3 points out of 10 has been obtained in this.
The evaluation in the second opportunity will be governed by the same criteria.
For cases of fraudulent performance of exercises and tests, the provisions of the "Regulations for evaluating students' academic performance and reviewing grades" will apply.

Hours of classroom work: 27 hours
Student's personal work hour: 41

- It is recommended to have studied the subjects of module II and the subjects of Microbiology, Pathology and Pharmacology of module IV.
- It is recommended to update the subject and attend the exhibition classes (face-to-face or telematic)

- NOTE: All the genera and species in the program should be correctly written in italics, the currently available computer application does not allow it.