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| Previous 10 | Diphyllobothrium latum | http://martin.parasitology.mcgill.ca/jimspage/biol/d_latum.htm Diphyllobothrium latum | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Tapeworms Discusses the life cycle, pathology caused by the tapeworm, control, and treatment. |
| Previous | eMedicine - Diphyllobothriasis | http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic571.htm eMedicine - Diphyllobothriasis | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Tapeworms Article by Derek Linklater, MD. |
| Random 1 | Harvard-Radcliffe Juggling Club | http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~juggling/ Harvard-Radcliffe Juggling Club | Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Circus/Juggling/Organizations/Clubs/College_and_University Boston area juggling club has photos, links and juggling videos available for download. |
| Random 2 | Sinic Avenue | http://www.sinicave.com/ Sinic Avenue | Top/Business/Healthcare/Alternative/Acupuncture_and_Chinese_Medicine Bilingual (English/Chinese) books, Chinese traditional medical supplies. Malden, Massachusetts. |
| Random 3 | XP Support Group | http://www.xpsupportgroup.org.uk XP Support Group | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Genetic_Disorders/Xeroderma_Pigmentosum UK-based organisation giving support, help and information to those affected by xeroderma pigmentosum and other photosensitive conditions. |
| Random 4 | Hospital Audiences Inc. | http://www.hospaud.org/ Hospital Audiences Inc. | Top/Society/Disabled/Arts Provides access to the arts to New Yorkers who are isolated from the cultural mainstream because of disability or medical limitations. Features description of goals, news, information on programs and workshops. |
| Random 5 | Brymill Cryogenic Systems | http://www.brymill.com/ Brymill Cryogenic Systems | Top/Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/Surgical_Products Specializes in hand-held LN2 systems for medical, veterinary, and electronics uses. Ellington, Connecticut. |
| Next | Hydatid Cyst | http://www.rcsed.ac.uk/journal/vol43_5/4350054.htm Hydatid Cyst | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Tapeworms Case reports on the disease with images from the Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. |
| Next 10 | Bad Bug Book: Entamoeba histolytica | http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap23.html Bad Bug Book: Entamoeba histolytica | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Amebiasis Includes cause, symptoms, associated foods, complications, and outbreaks. |
| Random 1 | Ann Arbor Juggling Arts Club | http://www.umich.edu/~juggle/ Ann Arbor Juggling Arts Club | Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Circus/Juggling/Organizations/Clubs Local juggling club of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Beginners are welcome at all meetings. |
| Random 4 | Mediset Medical Software | http://www.mediset.ch/ Mediset Medical Software | Top/World/Deutsch/Gesundheit/Alternative_Medizin/Homöopathie/Software Die Firma ist Partner für Kauf, Support und Schulung des Programmes Radar in der Schweiz. Radar ist ein Lern- und Lösungswerkzeug für Homöopathie mit Synthesis-Repertorium. |
| Random 4 | Good Health | http://www.goodhealth.gbr.cc Good Health | Top/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Business_and_Economy/Shopping/Health/Nutrition Offers a full range of products. Catalogue and contact information. |
| Next 70 | MayoClinic.com - Mumps | http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00125 MayoClinic.com - Mumps | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Viral/Mumps Includes signs and symptoms, cause, diagnosis, prevention, and prognosis. |
| Previous 70 | Sight Savers International - River Blindness | http://www.sightsavers.org.uk/html/savingsight/treatments/river.htm Sight Savers International - River Blindness | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Onchocerciasis Information about the disease and its treatment. |
| Next 170 | Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Animal Health - Disease Information - Rabies | http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/rabrag/rabrage.shtml Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Animal Health - Disease Information - Rabies | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Viral/Rabies Factsheets and news articles. |
| Previous 170 | Schistosomiasis: The "New" Plague of Africa | http://facstaff.uww.edu/rambadtd/globalp/papers/schistos.htm Schistosomiasis: The "New" Plague of Africa | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes/Schistosomiasis Article on the disease and its effects. |
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| Previous 270 | Netherlands Society for Parasitology | http://www.parasitologie.nl Netherlands Society for Parasitology | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic Provide general information about the organization, and information on Dutch activities related to parasitic diseases of humans and animals. |
| Other resource N0 | Ectoparasites and Endoparasites | http://www.soton.ac.uk/~ceb/ Ectoparasites and Endoparasites | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic Academic links and information about Fasciola (liver flukes) and parasitic zoonoses. |
| Other resource N1 | eMedicine - Lice | http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic298.htm eMedicine - Lice | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic Article by Wayne Wolfram, MD, MPH. |
| Other resource N2 | WormLearn | http://home.austarnet.com.au/wormman/wormmain.htm WormLearn | Top/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 N3 | CDC DPDx - Parasites and Health | http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Para_Health.htm CDC DPDx - Parasites and Health | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic Factsheets on on intestinal and blood-borne parasites. |
| Other resource N4 | The Merck Manual: Parasitic Infection | http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch196/ch196a.html The Merck Manual: Parasitic Infection | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic Provides detailed information on each of these diseases, including their symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. |
| Other resource N5 | Mamas Health | http://www.mamashealth.com/malaria.asp Mamas Health | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Malaria, its symptoms, treatment and prevention. |
| Other resource N6 | Health Care Information: Relapsing Malaria | http://healthlink.mcw.edu/content/article/907368749.html Health Care Information: Relapsing Malaria | Top/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 N7 | Rotary Against Malaria | http://www.rotary9600.org/ Rotary Against Malaria | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Information about malaria and the Rotary Club's anti-malaria project. |
| Other resource N8 | Malaria Links | http://www.geocities.com/aaadeel/malaria.html Malaria Links | Top/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 N9 | Malaria and Health | http://www.malariaandhealth.com Malaria and Health | Top/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 N10 | Leiden Malaria Research Group | http://www.lumc.nl/1040/research/malaria/malaria.html Leiden Malaria Research Group | Top/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 N11 | Environmental Health Project - Malaria Resources | http://www.ehproject.org/Library/MalariaNet.htm Environmental Health Project - Malaria Resources | Top/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 N12 | Antimalarial Drug Resistance and its Assessment | http://malaria.farch.net Antimalarial Drug Resistance and its Assessment | Top/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 N13 | DDT & Malaria: Answers to Common Questions | http://www.ipen.org/DDTenglish.pdf DDT & Malaria: Answers to Common Questions | Top/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 N14 | MEDLINEplus: Malaria | http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/malaria.html MEDLINEplus: Malaria | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria US National Institutes of Health directory of their extensive collection of malaria-related documents |
| Other resource N15 | AnoBase: The Anopheles Database | http://www.anobase.org/ AnoBase: The Anopheles Database | Top/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 N16 | DEET - Information from US Environmental Protection Agency | http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/chemicals/deet.htm DEET - Information from US Environmental Protection Agency | Top/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 N17 | South Africa's War against Malaria: Lessons for the Developing World | http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-513es.html South Africa's War against Malaria: Lessons for the Developing World | Top/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 N18 | Malaria News - Topix.net | http://www.topix.net/health/malaria Malaria News - Topix.net | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Latest news stories from around the world. |
| Other resource N19 | eMedicine Health - Malaria | http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/13140-1.asp eMedicine Health - Malaria | Top/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 N20 | The European Malaria Vaccine Initiative | http://www.emvi.org/ The European Malaria Vaccine Initiative | Top/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 N21 | The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute | http://www.jhsph.edu/malaria/ The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute | Top/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 N22 | Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Global Partnership | http://rbm.who.int/ Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Global Partnership | Top/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 N23 | Clonorchiasis - CDC DPDx | http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Clonorchiasis.htm Clonorchiasis - CDC DPDx | Top/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. |
| Other resource N24 | Heterophyiasis - CDC DPDx | http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/heterophyiasis.htm Heterophyiasis - CDC DPDx | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment. |
| Other resource N25 | eMedicine - Intestinal Flukes | http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1177.htm eMedicine - Intestinal Flukes | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes Article by Chi Hiong U Go, MD. |
| Other resource N26 | Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory | http://www.bilharziasis.dk/ Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes/Schistosomiasis Includes contacts, research, and purpose. |
| Other resource N27 | eMedicine - Schistosomiasis | http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic857.htm eMedicine - Schistosomiasis | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes/Schistosomiasis Article by Amy J Behrman, MD. |
| Other resource N28 | Medmicro: Schistosomes and Other Trematodes | http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/ch088.htm Medmicro: Schistosomes and Other Trematodes | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes/Schistosomiasis Medical and scientific information on the organisms and the diseases they cause. |
| Other resource N29 | Schistosomiasis Control Initiative | http://www.schisto.org/ Schistosomiasis Control Initiative | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes/Schistosomiasis Features objectives, disease information, programs, operating locations, and news. |
| Other resource N30 | Schistosomiasis: The UNICEF-UNDP-World Bank-WHO Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases | http://www.who.int/tdr/diseases/schisto/ Schistosomiasis: The UNICEF-UNDP-World Bank-WHO Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes/Schistosomiasis Features disease information, parasite life cycle, research, achievements, news, publications, and images. |
| Other resource N31 | WHO/OMS: Schistosomiasis | http://www.who.int/health-topics/schisto.htm WHO/OMS: Schistosomiasis | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes/Schistosomiasis Includes factsheets on the disease, programs, and research. |
| Other resource N32 | What's Bugging You? - Swimmers' Itch | http://www.ent.msu.edu/cgi-bin/bugging.pl?action=article&article=swmritch.txt What's Bugging You? - Swimmers' Itch | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Swimmer's_Itch Short article about the "hive-like" rash some people get following time spent in the water, including causes, preventive measures, and treatment of symptoms. |
| Other resource N33 | Lymphatic filariasis | http://www.who.int/health-topics/lymphfil.htm Lymphatic filariasis | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Lymphatic_Filariasis Detailed information from the World Health Organization. |
| Other resource N34 | Liverpool Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre | http://www.filariasis.org.uk/ Liverpool Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Lymphatic_Filariasis Extensive information about elephantiasis and its treatment. Includes video and audio presentations. |
| Other resource N35 | Filariasis.net | http://www.filariasis.net/ Filariasis.net | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Lymphatic_Filariasis Features news releases, studies, and a forum. |
| Other resource N36 | Cat Fanciers' Association: Health Committee - Toxoplasmosis and Pregnancy | http://www.cfainc.org/health/toxo-pregnancy.html Cat Fanciers' Association: Health Committee - Toxoplasmosis and Pregnancy | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Toxoplasmosis Addresses the concerns of pregnant cat owners about the disease. |
| Other resource N37 | CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases : Toxoplasmosis | http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/toxoplasmosis/ CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases : Toxoplasmosis | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Toxoplasmosis Features symptoms, fact sheet, laboratory tests, and articles. |
| Other resource N38 | eMedicine: Toxoplasmosis | http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic601.htm eMedicine: Toxoplasmosis | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Toxoplasmosis Article by Joseph Sciammarella, MD, FACP, FACEP, DABMA. |
| Other resource N39 | Toxoplasmosis in Cats and Humans | http://web.vet.cornell.edu/Public/FHC/toxo.html Toxoplasmosis in Cats and Humans | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Toxoplasmosis Cornell Feline Health Center provides a comprehensive fact sheet about toxoplasmosis. |
| Other resource N40 | Toxoplasmosis Facts | http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/toxo.html Toxoplasmosis Facts | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Toxoplasmosis Includes cause, symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, complications, treatment, and prevention. |
| Other resource N41 | Cryptosporidium Parvum: A Review of Cryptosporidiosis | http://www.cdfound.to.it/HTML/khan.htm Cryptosporidium Parvum: A Review of Cryptosporidiosis | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Cryptosporidiosis Technical discussion covering transmission, biology, pathogenesis, prevention and control, future strategies for treatment and prevention, and related topics. |
| Other resource N42 | Cryptosporidiosis | http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/cryptosporidiosis/default.htm Cryptosporidiosis | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Cryptosporidiosis This pamphlet was prepared by the inter-agency Working Group on Waterborne Cryptosporidiosis, and describes various methods of protection from the one-celled parasite, Cryptosporidium parvum. |
| Other resource N43 | CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Cryptosporidiosis | http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/cryptosporidiosis/factsht_cryptosporidiosis.htm CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Cryptosporidiosis | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Cryptosporidiosis Fact sheet with cause, symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. |
| Other resource N44 | CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Cyclospora Infection | http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/cyclospora/default.htm CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Cyclospora Infection | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Cyclosporiasis Fact sheets and studies with cause, symptoms, prevention, and treatment. |
| Other resource N45 | Microsporidiosis | http://www.thebody.com/treat/micros.html Microsporidiosis | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Microsporidiosis Information resources from The Body on this opportunitistic infection. |
| Other resource N46 | Leishmaniasis, Canine | http://www.stw.nl/projecten/U/udg3703.html Leishmaniasis, Canine | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Leishmaniasis Immunization using interferon-gamma as an adjuvant. |
| Other resource N47 | Persian Gulf, The Impact of Infectious Diseases on the Health of U.S. Troops | http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/medical/med_impact.htm Persian Gulf, The Impact of Infectious Diseases on the Health of U.S. Troops | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Leishmaniasis Includes Leishmaniasis as one of the diseases studied in connection with Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. From Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses, reprinted from Clinical Infectious Diseases. |
| Other resource N48 | Leishmaniasis, Technical | http://www.icp.ucl.ac.be/~opperd/parasites/leish1.htm Leishmaniasis, Technical | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Leishmaniasis Summary information plus clickable slides, references and world maps. From Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology. |
| Other resource N49 | Leishmaniasis, Government (CDC) | http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/leishmania/default.htm Leishmaniasis, Government (CDC) | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Leishmaniasis Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Emerging Infectious Diseases. From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). |
| Other resource N50 | Leishmaniasis, Visceral | http://homepages.uel.ac.uk/D.P.Humber/akhter/vlhp.htm Leishmaniasis, Visceral | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Leishmaniasis From University of East London, B.Sc Microbiology course project. |
| Other resource N51 | Leishmaniasis, Government (TDR) | http://www.who.int/tdr/diseases/leish/default.htm Leishmaniasis, Government (TDR) | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Leishmaniasis Update, project reports, highlights, progress, publications, workplans and research grants, resources. From WHO/TDR (World Health Organization/Tropical Disease Research and Training). |
| Other resource N52 | Leishmaniasis (CDC - DPDx) | http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Leishmaniasis.htm Leishmaniasis (CDC - DPDx) | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Leishmaniasis US government site includes causal agent, life cycle, geographic distribution, clinical features, laboratory diagnosis and features. From the Division of Parasitic Diseases, Center for Disease Control and Prevention. |
| Other resource N53 | Enterobius vermicularis - Pinworms | http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/enterobius.html Enterobius vermicularis - Pinworms | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Pinworms Includes pinworm life cycle, signs and symptoms, photographs and drawings of the parasite, and detection procedures. |
| Other resource N54 | Pinworms and Your Child | http://familydoctor.org/139.xml Pinworms and Your Child | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Pinworms American Academy of Family Physicians patient information handout with information on treatment, symptoms, and prevention. |
| Other resource N55 | eMedicine - Pinworm : Article by Sun Huh, MD, PhD | http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1837.htm eMedicine - Pinworm : Article by Sun Huh, MD, PhD | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Pinworms Article by Sun Huh, MD, PhD. |
| Other resource N56 | Babesia Infection | http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/babesia/ Babesia Infection | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Babesiosis Information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. |
| Other resource N57 | Babesiosis | http://www.igenex.com/tickset1.htm Babesiosis | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Babesiosis Description of the disease and diagnostic tests. |
| Other resource N58 | Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas' Disease) | http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/chagas.html Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas' Disease) | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Chagas_Disease Images of the causative parasite and brief information about the disease. |
| Other resource N59 | Chagas Disease Research Program | http://info.dom.uab.edu/geomed/debasish/chagas.html Chagas Disease Research Program | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Chagas_Disease Debasish Chattopadhyay's Structural Biology Laboratory is studying the DHFR and PTR enzymes of Trypanosoma cruzi for structure-based design of specific inhibitors of these enzymes. For this purpose, they have determined the crystal structure of substrate and inhibitor complexes of T. cruzi PTR at high resolution. |
| Other resource N60 | Chagas Disease Facts | http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/Chagas.html Chagas Disease Facts | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Chagas_Disease Factsheet with cause, symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. |
| Other resource N61 | Trypanosomiasis | http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/WWW/224/Trypano.html Trypanosomiasis | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/African_Trypanosomiasis Information about two forms of Trypanosoma brucei, which afflicts over 66 million people in 36 countries of sub-Saharan Africa. |
| Other resource N62 | African Trypanosomiasis | http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/Trypano.html African Trypanosomiasis | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/African_Trypanosomiasis Factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and prevention. |
| Other resource N63 | Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa | http://www.who.int/ocp/ Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Onchocerciasis Detailed information about the disease and eradication programs from the World Health Organization. |
| Other resource N64 | Sight Savers International - River Blindness | http://www.sightsavers.org.uk/html/savingsight/treatments/river.htm Sight Savers International - River Blindness | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Onchocerciasis Information about the disease and its treatment. |
| Other resource N65 | CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - River Blindness | http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/riverblindness/ CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - River Blindness | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Onchocerciasis Factsheet and press releases concerning the disease. |
| Other resource N66 | OnchoNet | http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/SWILLIAM/OnchoNet/OnchoNet.html OnchoNet | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Onchocerciasis Offers a range of resources on onchocerciasis, the fourth leading cause of blindness worldwide. |
| Other resource N67 | Elimination Of River Blindness 'Possible Within Ten Years' | http://allafrica.com/stories/200112150001.html Elimination Of River Blindness 'Possible Within Ten Years' | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Onchocerciasis Article from allAfrica.com. |
| Other resource N68 | Anisakis simplex and related worms: Bad Bug Book | http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap25.html Anisakis simplex and related worms: Bad Bug Book | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations, and outbreaks. |
| Other resource N69 | Baylisascaris Infection Fact Sheet - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases | http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/baylisacaris/default.htm Baylisascaris Infection Fact Sheet - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Includes factsheets on the raccoon roundworm and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports. |
| Other resource N70 | Angiostrongyliasis - CDC DPDx | http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/angiostrongyliasis.htm Angiostrongyliasis - CDC DPDx | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment. |
| Other resource N71 | Gnathostomiasis - CDC DPDx | http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/gnathostomiasis.htm Gnathostomiasis - CDC DPDx | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment. Human gnathostomiasis is due to migrating immature worms. |
| Other resource N72 | Ascaris Infection - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases | http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/ascaris/ Ascaris Infection - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Includes factsheets on organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports. |
| Other resource N73 | Ascariasis | http://www.worldwaterday.org/2001/disease/ascariasis.html Ascariasis | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Disease fact sheet from the World Health Organization, prepared for World Water Day 2001. |
| Other resource N74 | Hookworm : MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia | http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000629.htm Hookworm : MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention. |
| Other resource N75 | Creeping Eruption: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia | http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001454.htm Creeping Eruption: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention. |
| Other resource N76 | eMedicine - Cutaneous Larva Migrans | http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic91.htm eMedicine - Cutaneous Larva Migrans | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Article by Margaret C Douglass, MD. |
| Other resource N77 | eMedicine - Toxocariasis | http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2293.htm eMedicine - Toxocariasis | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Article by Sun Huh, MD, PhD. |
| Other resource N78 | Trichinella: Food Safety Research Information Office | http://www.nal.usda.gov/fsrio/topics/tptrichinella.htm Trichinella: Food Safety Research Information Office | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Directory of factsheets, reports, press releases, and resources on the parasite and its effects. |
| Other resource N79 | Ascariasis: Kidshealth | http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/parasitic/ascariasis.html Ascariasis: Kidshealth | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Factsheet with signs and symptoms, treatment, and tips for prevention. |
| Other resource N80 | Strongyloidiasis | http://www.studentbmj.com/back_issues/0803/education/280.html Strongyloidiasis | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Includes history, cause, images, symptoms, treatment, and prevention. |