{"id":1212,"date":"2020-01-15T08:49:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T08:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/med.aswu.edu.eg\/en\/?page_id=1212"},"modified":"2026-04-02T10:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:02:23","slug":"medical-parasites-dep","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/med.aswu.edu.eg\/en\/medical-parasites-dep\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of the Department\u2019s Message"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1212\" class=\"elementor elementor-1212\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d8bf43a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d8bf43a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6918894\" data-id=\"6918894\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5630ad elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a5630ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ced055f\" data-id=\"ced055f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6475c47 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6475c47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">An Introduction to Medical Parasites<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de8974c\" data-id=\"de8974c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07183a0 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"07183a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b8a775 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b8a775\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a43b7d\" data-id=\"3a43b7d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72cde31 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-iksm-widget\" data-id=\"72cde31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-iksm-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<script id=\"styles-copier-6a00a4157fc8f\">\n\t\t\t\/\/ Finding styles element\n\t        var element = document.getElementById(\"iksm-dynamic-style\");\n\t        if (!element) { \/\/ If no element (Cache plugins can remove tag), then creating a new one\n                element = document.createElement('style');\n                var head = document.getElementsByTagName(\"head\")\n                if (head && head[0]) {\n                \thead[0].appendChild(element);\n                } else {\n                  \tconsole.warn(\"Iks Menu | Error while printing styles. 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style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 17px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Parasitology<\/span> is the science concerned with the study of parasites and their relationship with the host. It is divided into three main branches: helminthology (study of parasitic worms), protozoology (study of protozoa), and medical entomology (study of disease-carrying insects).<\/span><\/p><\/div><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 17px;\">The Department of Medical Parasitology is one of the basic medical science departments in the Faculty of Medicine. It was established along with the founding of the faculty, and teaching in the department began in 2013. 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