Parásitos sistémicos

Material for the study of parasitism produced by tissue helminths.

This application was developed by Dr. Norma Rivera Fernández, Dr. Margarita Cabrera Bravo y Biol, Nelia D. Luna Chavira from the Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, UNAM. Project carried out with funds from the PAPIME DGAPA UNAM PE201522 project.

Tissue helminths is an application that contains multimedia didactic material for the study of parasitosis of medical importance that affect various organs and tissues that are included in the Parasitology thematic unit of the Microbiology and Parasitology subject of the second year of the Surgeon career of the Faculty of Medicine of the UNAM. It includes information referring to the generalities of parasitosis, transmission mechanisms, clinical picture, diagnosis and treatment. This app should only be used as a study tool to reinforce the knowledge acquired in class since the information is only a summary of the course of each parasitosis. The topics included in the app are: Cysticercosis, Hydatidosis, Fasciolosis, Paragonimiasis and Gnathostomiasis. The user must understand that the content presented in this application is for informational purposes only and designed for medical students, so a doctor should be consulted when suffering from any of these conditions.