Schistosomiasis

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Topic: Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes/Schistosomiasis

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Previous 10CDC DPDx - Schistosomiasishttp://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Schistosomiasis.htm CDC DPDx - SchistosomiasisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes/Schistosomiasis Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
PreviousSchistosomiasis Research Program at Harvardhttp://www.hsph.harvard.edu/schisto/ Schistosomiasis Research Program at HarvardTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes/Schistosomiasis Includes disease information, activities, objectives, publications, and links.
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Other resource N0 Lactose Intolerance versus Milk Allergyhttp://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/stevecarper/livallg.htm Lactose Intolerance versus Milk AllergyTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Allergies/Food/Milk How to distinguish the two, including a chart.
Other resource N1 Calgary Allergy Network: Milk Allergyhttp://www.calgaryallergy.ca/Articles/milkallergyhp.htm Calgary Allergy Network: Milk AllergyTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Allergies/Food/Milk Overview, treatments, diet, food labeling, and products to avoid.
Other resource N2 Milk Allergy and Lactose Intolerancehttp://members.ozemail.com.au/~ndobsonkeeffe/no_milk.htm Milk Allergy and Lactose IntoleranceTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Allergies/Food/Milk Includes food labelling, milk and lactose free foods available in Australia, recipes, personal account of a milk-allergic child, and links.
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Other resource N4 Avoiding Cornhttp://www.vishniac.com/ephraim/corn.html Avoiding CornTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Allergies/Food/Corn Advice and information for people who are allergic, sensitive, or intolerant to corn and corn products.
Other resource N5 Delphi Forums: Avoiding Cornhttp://forums.delphiforums.com/avoidingcorn/ Delphi Forums: Avoiding CornTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Allergies/Food/Corn Message board for those a corn allergy or intolerance.
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Other resource N7 Conscious Choice: My Peanut Allergyhttp://www.consciouschoice.com/issues/cc1211/peanutallergy1211.html Conscious Choice: My Peanut AllergyTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Allergies/Food/Peanuts Personal account by Laura Hoofnagle.
Other resource N8 NoSoy: Support for Soy Allergyhttp://www.geocities.com/nosoy2000/ NoSoy: Support for Soy AllergyTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Allergies/Food/Soy Food repository of soy free foods. Allergy symptoms, soy aliases for use at school, camp or hospital, drug warnings. Gateway to forum discussions.
Other resource N9 Heartland Fields: Allergies and Soy Reviewhttp://www.heartlandfields.com/soy_health/allergies_1.html Heartland Fields: Allergies and Soy ReviewTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Allergies/Food/Soy Article by Clare M. Hasler on incidence, the allergenic proteins in soy, and the affect of different processing methods.
Other resource N10 National Foundation for Infectious Diseaseshttp://www.nfid.org/ National Foundation for Infectious DiseasesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases NFID supports research into the causes, cures, and prevention of infectious diseases and sponsors public and professional education programs. Virtual library, factsheets, vaccine research conference information, National Coalition for Adult Immunization.
Other resource N11 Infections - MCW HealthLinkhttp://healthlink.mcw.edu/infections/ Infections - MCW HealthLinkTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases Information about infectious and communicable diseases from the physicians of the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Other resource N12 Karolinska Institute: Library and Information Centerhttp://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/c1.html Karolinska Institute: Library and Information CenterTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases Compilation of medical microbiology and infectious diseases sites.
Other resource N13 The Bad Bug Bookhttp://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html The Bad Bug BookTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. Each chapter focuses on either one bacteria, virus, parasite, or natural toxin, providing basic facts.
Other resource N14 Ncbugs.comhttp://www.ncbugs.com Ncbugs.comTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases Online resource for Communicable Disease Control and Environmental Health in North Cumbria. Intended for anyone with a personal or professional interest in communicable disease control.
Other resource N15 NewsRx Report Series on Infectious Disease Therapy Researchhttp://www.newsrx.net/partialreports/newsrx_current_quarterly_report_on_infectious_disease_therapy.htm NewsRx Report Series on Infectious Disease Therapy ResearchTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases Summaries of a series of monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports. Full report requires payment.
Other resource N16 U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Kenyahttp://www.usamrukenya.org U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-KenyaTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases Research and surveillance of tropical diseases, including virology, parasitology, and immunology, to develop and test improved means for predicting, detecting, preventing, and treating infectious disease threats in East Africa.
Other resource N17 OHSU Health -- Infectious Diseaseshttp://www.ohsuhealth.com/infectious OHSU Health -- Infectious DiseasesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases Overview, symptom and treatment information about infectious diseases.
Other resource N18 Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Surveillancehttp://www.tdh.state.tx.us/ideas/ Infectious Disease Epidemiology and SurveillanceTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases Factsheets and news releases related to diseases and various health topics.
Other resource N19 Clinical Infectious Diseases, Electronic Editionhttp://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/home.html Clinical Infectious Diseases, Electronic EditionTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases Published by the University of Chicago for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Features news, articles, and practice guidelines.
Other resource N20 Infectious Disease Newshttp://www.infectiousdiseasenews.com/ Infectious Disease NewsTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases Online version of the magazine. Includes breaking news, archives, online seminars, and specialty forums.
Other resource N21 Infectious Diseases in Childrenhttp://idinchildren.com Infectious Diseases in ChildrenTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases Online version of the journal. Includes case studies, articles, and monographs.
Other resource N22 Medical Microbiologyhttp://www.kcom.edu/faculty/chamberlain/ Medical MicrobiologyTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases Information on the microorganisms that cause diseases in humans. Lecture notes, laboratory notebook, computerized clinical cases, and most common causes of infectious diseases file.
Other resource N23 Health Protection Agency: Infectionshttp://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/ Health Protection Agency: InfectionsTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases CDSC is a division of the Health Protection Agency and is the UK information and response center for surveillance and control of infectious diseases.
Other resource N24 The Lancet: Infectious Diseaseshttp://infection.thelancet.com/ The Lancet: Infectious DiseasesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases Online version of the journal. Includes full text articles and abstracts. Requires registration to see most of the content. Basic registration is free. Some articles are pay per view.
Other resource N25 eMedicine: Infectious Diseaseshttp://www.emedicine.com/med/INFECTIOUS_DISEASES.htm eMedicine: Infectious DiseasesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases Directory of full length articles on various diseases.
Other resource N26 USAMRIIDhttp://www.usamriid.army.mil/ USAMRIIDTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases The United States Army Medical Research Institute for infectious diseases.
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Other resource N28 Infectious Disease LifeCenterhttp://www.infectiousdiseaselifecenter.com Infectious Disease LifeCenterTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases Offers patients news and info regarding a host of diseases, as well as a secure online setting where they can ask board-certified physicians questions.
Other resource N29 International Society for Infectious Diseaseshttp://www.isid.org/ International Society for Infectious DiseasesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases ISID consists of individuals interested in infectious diseases, including specialists, microbiologists, immunologists, epidemiologists, public health workers, parasitologists, virologists, mycologists, and molecular biologists. Find publications, resources, memberships and programs.
Other resource N30 Infectious Diseases Society of Americahttp://www.idsociety.org/ Infectious Diseases Society of AmericaTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases Includes information about the IDSA, a career center, newsroom, practice guidelines, and journals and publications.
Other resource N31 WHO/OMS: Zoonoseshttp://www.who.int/health-topics/zoonoses.htm WHO/OMS: ZoonosesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Zoonoses Factsheets and publications concerning several zoonotic diseases.
Other resource N32 Zoonoses Acquired from Pet Primateshttp://www.primate.wisc.edu/pin/zoonoses.txt Zoonoses Acquired from Pet PrimatesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Zoonoses Discusses several monkey and ape borne zoonotic diseases.
Other resource N33 New York State Department of Health Zoonoses Programhttp://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/zoonoses/zoonoses.htm New York State Department of Health Zoonoses ProgramTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Zoonoses Features factsheets, guidelines, resources, and newletters.
Other resource N34 WHO: Zoonotic Diseases: Animal and Food-related Health Riskshttp://www.who.int/emc/diseases/zoo/index.html WHO: Zoonotic Diseases: Animal and Food-related Health RisksTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Zoonoses Features factsheets, meetings, reports, issues, and publications.
Other resource N35 Texas Department of Health Zoonosis Control Divisionhttp://www.tdh.state.tx.us/zoonosis/ Texas Department of Health Zoonosis Control DivisionTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Zoonoses Includes factsheets, disease information, information for veterinarians, and the oral rabies vaccination program for wildlife.
Other resource N36 University of Illinois Center for Zoonoses Researchhttp://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/czr/ University of Illinois Center for Zoonoses ResearchTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Zoonoses Includes news, research, disease factsheets, and upcoming events.
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Other resource N43 Mycoplasmas by Shmuel Razinhttp://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/ch037.htm Mycoplasmas by Shmuel RazinTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Mycoplasmal Research paper discussing general concepts, structure, class and pathogenesis of mycoplasmas. The author also focuses on the different subspecies and chronic illnesses in which mycoplasmas are involved.
Other resource N44 Mycoplasma Lecture from Emedicine.comhttp://emedicine.com/med/topic2340.htm Mycoplasma Lecture from Emedicine.comTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Mycoplasmal Lecture on mycoplasmas discussing background, pathophysiology, mortality, diagnosis and treatment.
Other resource N45 Mycoplasma Research from Immunoscienceshttp://www.immuno-sci-lab.com/microbiology_pamphlet1199.html Mycoplasma Research from ImmunosciencesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Mycoplasmal Research papers about the role of mycoplasmas within chronic illnesses like chronic fatigue syndrome, RA, GWS and fibromyalgia.
Other resource N46 Mycoplasmas - Stealth Pathogenshttp://www.rain-tree.com/myco.htm Mycoplasmas - Stealth PathogensTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Mycoplasmal Overview of the most important mycoplasma species, how they interact in the body and treatment options.
Other resource N47 Mycoplasmas - The Missing Link in Fatiguing Illnesseshttp://www.immunesupport.com/library/showarticle.cfm?ID=3066 Mycoplasmas - The Missing Link in Fatiguing IllnessesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Mycoplasmal The research paper discusses how mycoplasmas operate and disrupt immune function and how they can be detected.
Other resource N48 Mycoplasma Registryhttp://www.gulfwarvets.com/micop.htm Mycoplasma RegistryTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Mycoplasmal The American Gulf War Veterans Association presents an on-line patient registration and survey form.
Other resource N49 Harvard School of Public Health: Mosquito-Borne Viruseshttp://www.hsph.harvard.edu/mosquito/ Harvard School of Public Health: Mosquito-Borne VirusesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Vector_Borne Research of mosquito-borne viruses that focuses primarily on West Nile encephalitis, Eastern Equine encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, and LaCrosse encephalitis. Includes mosquito facts, suggestions for mosquito control, and links to HSPH research and various outside resources.
Other resource N50 eMedicine - Tick-Borne Diseases, Introductionhttp://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic584.htm eMedicine - Tick-Borne Diseases, IntroductionTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Vector_Borne Article by Jonathan A Edlow, MD.
Other resource N51 Postgraduate Medicine: Patient Notes: Tick-borne Illnesshttp://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2002/06_02/pn_tick.htm Postgraduate Medicine: Patient Notes: Tick-borne IllnessTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Vector_Borne Factsheet on preventing tick borne disease.
Other resource N52 CDC: Insects, Arthropods, and Diseaseshttp://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/insects/ CDC: Insects, Arthropods, and DiseasesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Vector_Borne Factsheets, articles, and news reports on arthropod borne diseases.
Other resource N53 MedlinePlus: Tick Biteshttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tickbites.html MedlinePlus: Tick BitesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Vector_Borne Directory of factsheets, news reports, and articles concerning tick and insect bites and the disease they carry.
Other resource N54 Stop Breeding Mosquitoeshttp://www.geocities.com/stopbreedingmosquitoes/ Stop Breeding MosquitoesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Vector_Borne Advocates citizen action to educate community leaders about the dangers of disease vectors from breeding mosquitoes, especially in storm water drains in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Other resource N55 Filaria Journalhttp://www.filariajournal.com/ Filaria JournalTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic Addresses the biology, infections, disease and control of filariasis, onchocerciasis, and guinea worm.
Other resource N56 Dientamoeba fragilis Infection - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseaseshttp://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/dientamoeba/default.htm Dientamoeba fragilis Infection - CDC Division of Parasitic DiseasesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic Includes factsheets on the flagellate protozoan parasite and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
Other resource N57 Ectoparasites and Endoparasiteshttp://www.soton.ac.uk/~ceb/ Ectoparasites and EndoparasitesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic Academic links and information about Fasciola (liver flukes) and parasitic zoonoses.
Other resource N58 eMedicine - Licehttp://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic298.htm eMedicine - LiceTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic Article by Wayne Wolfram, MD, MPH.
Other resource N59 WormLearnhttp://home.austarnet.com.au/wormman/wormmain.htm WormLearnTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic A parasitology site that helps people with little or no knowledge of parasites get essential introductory information.
Other resource N60 CDC DPDx - Parasites and Healthhttp://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Para_Health.htm CDC DPDx - Parasites and HealthTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic Factsheets on on intestinal and blood-borne parasites.
Other resource N61 The Merck Manual: Parasitic Infectionhttp://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch196/ch196a.html The Merck Manual: Parasitic InfectionTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic Provides detailed information on each of these diseases, including their symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
Other resource N62 Mamas Healthhttp://www.mamashealth.com/malaria.asp Mamas HealthTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Malaria, its symptoms, treatment and prevention.
Other resource N63 Health Care Information: Relapsing Malariahttp://healthlink.mcw.edu/content/article/907368749.html Health Care Information: Relapsing MalariaTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria It is possible to develop a relapsing type of malaria months to even years after traveling to a malaria infected country, even if you were taking the appropriate malaria medications to prevent the illness.
Other resource N64 Rotary Against Malariahttp://www.rotary9600.org/ Rotary Against MalariaTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Information about malaria and the Rotary Club's anti-malaria project.
Other resource N65 Malaria Linkshttp://www.geocities.com/aaadeel/malaria.html Malaria LinksTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria A reference page containing links on malaria: diagnosis, treatment and control as well as links for advice regarding protection of travellers
Other resource N66 Malaria and Healthhttp://www.malariaandhealth.com Malaria and HealthTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria A resource for travel medicine health professionals and the public. Provides an overview of the disease, endemic areas, prevention measures including drug prophylaxis as well as links to other malaria and tropical medicine sites.
Other resource N67 Leiden Malaria Research Grouphttp://www.lumc.nl/1040/research/malaria/malaria.html Leiden Malaria Research GroupTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Malaria research in the Leiden University Medical Center (Netherlands). Detailed description of the malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei, one of the four rodent parasites that infect African murine rodents.
Other resource N68 Environmental Health Project - Malaria Resourceshttp://www.ehproject.org/Library/MalariaNet.htm Environmental Health Project - Malaria ResourcesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Sponsored by USAID's Office of Health, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition. Resources available include regular bulletins and reports outlining anti-malaria strategies and policy recommendations, assessments of past programs, studies and conference proceedings.
Other resource N69 Antimalarial Drug Resistance and its Assessmenthttp://malaria.farch.net Antimalarial Drug Resistance and its AssessmentTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria A website dedicated to drug resistance in malaria and to drug sensitivity assays. Its aim is to provide researchers with all information and software required for drug sensitivity testing.
Other resource N70 DDT & Malaria: Answers to Common Questionshttp://www.ipen.org/DDTenglish.pdf DDT & Malaria: Answers to Common QuestionsTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria The Stockholm Convention, signed by 91 countries and the European Community in 2001, will enter into force and become legally binding when it is ratified by 50 countries, raising the possibility of the 'loss' of DDT as a tool for malaria control. This IPEN document answers some common questions that arise in public discussions of the DDT issue.
Other resource N71 MEDLINEplus: Malariahttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/malaria.html MEDLINEplus: MalariaTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria US National Institutes of Health directory of their extensive collection of malaria-related documents
Other resource N72 AnoBase: The Anopheles Databasehttp://www.anobase.org/ AnoBase: The Anopheles DatabaseTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Database containing genomic/biological information on anopheline mosquitoes, with an emphasis on Anopheles gambiae, the world's most important malaria vector. AnoBase is the continuation of AnoDB, a database established and maintained since 1996 at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) of the Foundation of Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) in Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Other resource N73 DEET - Information from US Environmental Protection Agencyhttp://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/chemicals/deet.htm DEET - Information from US Environmental Protection AgencyTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria This page discusses EPA's actions concerning DEET, considered by many to be the most effective mosquito repellent currently available. Page also includes tips on how to use DEET products safely.
Other resource N74 South Africa's War against Malaria: Lessons for the Developing Worldhttp://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-513es.html South Africa's War against Malaria: Lessons for the Developing WorldTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Policy analysis by the Cato Institute describes malaria control techniques, and recommends indoor residual spraying of DDT to reduce the overall disease burden, so that countries can afford to purchase expensive, but effective, new drugs to treat the remaining cases.
Other resource N75 Malaria News - Topix.nethttp://www.topix.net/health/malaria Malaria News - Topix.netTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Latest news stories from around the world.
Other resource N76 eMedicine Health - Malariahttp://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/13140-1.asp eMedicine Health - MalariaTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of this infection of the blood.
Other resource N77 The European Malaria Vaccine Initiativehttp://www.emvi.org/ The European Malaria Vaccine InitiativeTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Established in 1998 by the European Commission and interested European Union Member States, in order to address identified structural deficiencies in public funded malaria vaccine development. News, calls, meetings, organization, and links.
Other resource N78 The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institutehttp://www.jhsph.edu/malaria/ The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research InstituteTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Outlines current research into a vaccine, with background details of the disease, FAQ, and details of other research projects.
Other resource N79 Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Global Partnershiphttp://rbm.who.int/ Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Global PartnershipTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Launched in 1998 by the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the World Bank, with the aim of halving the burden of malaria by 2010. Includes fact sheets and details of current programs.
Other resource N80 Clonorchiasis - CDC DPDxhttp://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Clonorchiasis.htm Clonorchiasis - CDC DPDxTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment. Undercooked freshwater fish from Asia carry the fluke.

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