Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0

• 26. - Biological and biomedical sciences
• 26.05 - Microbiological sciences and immunology

26.0505 - Parasitology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of biological organisms living in ecologically exploitative and competitive relationships with host organisms, and the role of parasites in causing injury, disease, and environmental damage. These programs include courses in vector biology, immunoparasitology, medical parasitology, molecular biology of parasitical associations, veterinary and comparative parasitology, chemotherapeutics, and ecological and systematic parasitology.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • parasitology

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • microbiology and immunology(26.0508)
  • plant protection(01.1105)
  • virology(26.0504)