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The Merck Manual: Parasitic Infection [Recommended] Description: Provides detailed information on each of these diseases, including their symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. (merck.com) |
Acanthocheilonemiasis Description: NORD fact sheet about this rare tropical infectious disease offers alternative names, a general discussion, and resources. (rarediseases.org) |
Body Lice Fact Sheet - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Description: Includes insect information, symptoms, and treatment. (cdc.gov) |
CDC DPDx - Parasites and Health Description: Factsheets on on intestinal and blood-borne parasites. (dpd.cdc.gov) |
Dientamoeba fragilis Infection - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases Description: Includes factsheets on the flagellate protozoan parasite and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports. (cdc.gov) |
Ectoparasites and Endoparasites Description: Academic links and information about Fasciola (liver flukes) and parasitic zoonoses. (soton.ac.uk) |
eMedicine - Balantidiasis : Article by Valda M Chijide, MD Description: Balantidium coli is a ciliated protozoan, and it is also the largest human protozoan. It is known to parasitize the colon. (emedicine.com) |
eMedicine - Intestinal Protozoal Diseases Description: Article by Enrique Chacon-Cruz, MD. (emedicine.com) |
eMedicine - Isosporiasis Description: Article by Venkat R Minnaganti, MD. (emedicine.com) |
eMedicine - Lice Description: Article by Wayne Wolfram, MD, MPH. (emedicine.com) |
eMedicine - Sarcosporidiosis : Article by Raphael J Kiel, MD Description: Sarcosporidiosis (Sarcocystis infection) is caused by an intracellular protozoan parasite that predominantly affects animals. It can rarely be found in human skeletal and cardiac muscle when humans are the intermediate or accidental host. Humans can also serve as the definitive host for this parasite after ingesting the cysts in raw or undercooked beef or pork. (emedicine.com) |
Filaria Journal Description: Addresses the biology, infections, disease and control of filariasis, onchocerciasis, and guinea worm. (filariajournal.com) |
Isosporiasis - CDC DPDx Description: Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment. (dpd.cdc.gov) |
Lice - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases Description: Includes factsheets on head, body, and pubic lice and the conditions they cause, news releases, and reports. (cdc.gov) |
MedlinePlus: Parasitic Diseases Description: Directory of factsheets, press releases, and articles. (nlm.nih.gov) |
Netherlands Society for Parasitology Description: Provide general information about the organization, and information on Dutch activities related to parasitic diseases of humans and animals. (parasitologie.nl) |
Para-site Online Description: This diagnostic medical parasitology site includes, current issues, FAQS, procedures, method discussion and recommendations, quiz of the month and CPT codes. (med-chem.com) |
Parasites and Parasitological Resources Description: Life cycles, biology, and images of protozoan, helminth, and nematode parasites of humans and animals. (biosci.ohio-state.edu) |
Parasites of Vertebrates Description: Directory of factsheets on parasites that cause disease in humans. (ucdnema.ucdavis.edu) |
The World of Parasites Description: Maps of what parasites are common in a particular continent, with images and information about each organism. (martin.parasitology.mcgill.ca) |
WormLearn Description: A parasitology site that helps people with little or no knowledge of parasites get essential introductory information. (home.austarnet.com.au) |