MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Amebiasis

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Previous 270Isosporiasis - CDC DPDxhttp://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/isosporiasis.htm Isosporiasis - CDC DPDxTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
Other resource N0 The World of Parasiteshttp://martin.parasitology.mcgill.ca/jimspage/worldof.htm The World of ParasitesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic Maps of what parasites are common in a particular continent, with images and information about each organism.
Other resource N1 eMedicine - Intestinal Protozoal Diseaseshttp://emedicine.com/ped/topic1914.htm eMedicine - Intestinal Protozoal DiseasesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic Article by Enrique Chacon-Cruz, MD.
Other resource N2 Malaria Foundation Internationalhttp://www.malaria.org/ Malaria Foundation InternationalTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Facilitates the development, education and implementation of solutions to the health, economic and social problems caused by malaria.
Other resource N3 Malaria Web Sitehttp://www.malariasite.com Malaria Web SiteTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria This site provides information on history, pathology, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, complications and control of malaria.
Other resource N4 Malaria Diagnosis Prophylaxis Treatmenthttp://www.rph.wa.gov.au/labs/haem/malaria/index.html Malaria Diagnosis Prophylaxis TreatmentTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Online information on Malaria, presented by the Haematology department of Royal Perth Hospital.
Other resource N5 PHLS Malaria Reference Laboratoryhttp://www.malaria-reference.co.uk/ PHLS Malaria Reference LaboratoryTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria This is the website of the Public Health Laboratories, Malaria Reference Laboratory, UK. It contains guidelines for travellers from UK for protection against malaria .
Other resource N6 European Malaria Vaccine Consortiumhttp://www.euromalvac.org/ European Malaria Vaccine ConsortiumTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria EUROMALVAC Consortium is a European Union-funded cluster of research groups working on developing a vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Other resource N7 Health Link MCWhttp://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/979237802.html Health Link MCWTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria An article concerning Malarone, a new malaria medication with fewer side-effects.
Other resource N8 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Malaria Research Activitieshttp://www.niaid.nih.gov/dmid/malaria/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Malaria Research ActivitiesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria NIAID began investigating malaria over 50 years ago, and today the Institute is the world's leading supporter of malaria research. NIAID-supported scientists conduct laboratory and clinical research, including field-based studies of malaria in endemic areas of Africa and Southeast Asia, such as Mali, Ghana, Malawi and Papua New Guinea.
Other resource N9 Roll Back Malariahttp://mosquito.who.int/ Roll Back MalariaTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Global Partnership hosted by the World Health Organization enabling countries to take effective, sustainable action against malaria, focusing on prompt access to effective treatment, prevention and control of malaria during pregnancy, promotion of insecticide-treated mosquito nets as a means of prevention, and anti-malaria strategies for emergency and epidemic situations.
Other resource N10 Preventing Malaria: Risk zones, Prevention and Treatmenthttp://www.preventingmalaria.info Preventing Malaria: Risk zones, Prevention and TreatmentTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria This website is intended to help better inform travellers about malaria, the relative risks of infection, and the methods used to guard against it.
Other resource N11 MIMCom Malaria Research Resourceshttp://www.mimcom.net/ MIMCom Malaria Research ResourcesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Communications working group of the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria, from the National Library of Medicine.
Other resource N12 Airport Malaria : Jet-Setting Mosquitos Spread Diseasehttp://www.who.int/bulletin/pdf/2000/issue8/99-0285.pdf Airport Malaria : Jet-Setting Mosquitos Spread DiseaseTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Since 1977, when the disease was first documented, 75 cases of airport malaria have been observed in western Europe. People may be infected by the bite of an anopheles mosquito during a flight or stopover, or while opening containers or luggage all over the airport area. People who live near an airport or whose road transport brings them into the vicinity may also be affected.
Other resource N13 Malaria Research and Reference Reagent Resource Center (MR4)http://www.malaria.mr4.org/ Malaria Research and Reference Reagent Resource Center (MR4)Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Provides a central source of quality controlled malaria-related reagents and information to the international malaria research community.
Other resource N14 Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)http://www.mmv.org Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria MMV is a nonprofit foundation created to discover, develop and deliver new, affordable antimalarial drugs through effective public-private partnerships.
Other resource N15 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Malaria Centrehttp://www.lshtm.ac.uk/malaria/ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Malaria CentreTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria The LSHTM Malaria Centre facilitates malaria research both in the School and in malaria endemic areas, offers training in various aspects of malaria research and control and contributes to global efforts to control malaria infection.
Other resource N16 Malaria - Topix.nethttp://rss.topix.net/rss/health/malaria.xml Malaria - Topix.netTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria News on malaria.
Other resource N17 Impact Malariahttp://www.impact-malaria.com Impact MalariaTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria An information database specially dedicated to healthcare professionals and the general public. Find scientific news and events, informations in real time about the fight against this disorder, and training tools for healthcare professionals.
Other resource N18 Monash University Department of Microbiologyhttp://www.med.monash.edu.au/microbiology/malaria/who.html Monash University Department of MicrobiologyTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria Contains a Malaria database for scientists working in research.
Other resource N19 Malaria Consortiumhttp://www.malariaconsortium.org/ Malaria ConsortiumTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Malaria An international non-profit organization with the aim of improving disease control at global, regional and local levels. Includes details of activities in Uganda and Ghana. Head office in London, UK.
Other resource N20 eMedicine - Trematode Infectionhttp://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2301.htm eMedicine - Trematode InfectionTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes Article by Subhash Chandra Parija, MD, PhD that describes several flukes and the diseases they cause.
Other resource N21 Fascioliasis - CDC DPDxhttp://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Fascioliasis.htm Fascioliasis - CDC DPDxTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
Other resource N22 Opisthorchiasis - CDC DPDxhttp://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/opisthorchiasis.htm Opisthorchiasis - CDC DPDxTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
Other resource N23 Cambridge Schistosomiasis Research Grouphttp://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~schisto/ Cambridge Schistosomiasis Research GroupTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes/Schistosomiasis Includes group information, articles, disease information, and history of studies on the parasite.
Other resource N24 CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Schistosomiasishttp://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/schistosomiasis/default.htm CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - SchistosomiasisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes/Schistosomiasis Includes factsheets and news releases.
Other resource N25 eMedicine - Schistosomiasishttp://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2071.htm eMedicine - SchistosomiasisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes/Schistosomiasis Article by Palaniandy Kogulan, MD.
Other resource N26 Schistosoma spp.http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/schistosoma.html Schistosoma spp.Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes/Schistosomiasis Includes life cycle, images, and disease information.
Other resource N27 Schistosomiasis in Chinahttp://ehs.sph.berkeley.edu/china/ Schistosomiasis in ChinaTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes/Schistosomiasis Collaborative project between faculty of the Environmental Health Sciences Program and the College of Natural Resources at U.C. Berkeley, and the Sichuan Institute of Parasitic Disease (SIPD) in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. Includes disease information, projects, and publications.
Other resource N28 Schistosomiasishttp://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/WWW/224/Schisto.html SchistosomiasisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes/Schistosomiasis Features cause, images, affected populations, control, and treatment.
Other resource N29 The York Schistosomiasis Research Grouphttp://www.york.ac.uk/depts/biol/units/schisto/ The York Schistosomiasis Research GroupTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Flukes/Schistosomiasis Includes disease information, parasite life cycle, research information, and links.
Other resource N30 Swimmer's Itch (Schistosome Cercarial Dermatitis)http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/swimmers_itch.html Swimmer's Itch (Schistosome Cercarial Dermatitis)Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Swimmer's_Itch Information about the condition and the parasites that cause it, with images of Cercariae.
Other resource N31 Division of Parasitic Diseases - Lymphatic filariasishttp://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/lymphaticfilariasis/ Division of Parasitic Diseases - Lymphatic filariasisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Lymphatic_Filariasis Information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Other resource N32 Pac Elfhttp://www.pacelf.org/ Pac ElfTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Lymphatic_Filariasis A group whose goal is eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis in the South Pacific by the year 2010.
Other resource N33 Lymphatic Filariasis Factshttp://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/Lymphfil.html Lymphatic Filariasis FactsTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Lymphatic_Filariasis Features cause, signs and symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, complications, treatment, and prevention.
Other resource N34 Congenital Toxoplasmosishttp://www.trojovsky.net/toxo/ Congenital ToxoplasmosisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Toxoplasmosis Includes symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of this protozoal disease.
Other resource N35 Medlineplus: Toxoplasmosishttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/toxoplasmosis.html Medlineplus: ToxoplasmosisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Toxoplasmosis Includes articles and links.
Other resource N36 Medlineplus Medical Encyclopedia: Toxoplasmosishttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000637.htm Medlineplus Medical Encyclopedia: ToxoplasmosisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Toxoplasmosis Features symptoms, prevention, treatment, illustrations, and prognosis.
Other resource N37 Handbook of Ocular Disease Management: Toxoplasmosishttp://www.revoptom.com/handbook/sect5i.htm Handbook of Ocular Disease Management: ToxoplasmosisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Toxoplasmosis Information on the effects of the disease on the eye.
Other resource N38 Cryptosporidiosishttp://www.thebody.com/treat/cryptosp.html CryptosporidiosisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Cryptosporidiosis Information resources on this opportunistic infection, from The Body.
Other resource N39 Mamas Healthhttp://www.mamashealth.com/crypto.asp Mamas HealthTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Cryptosporidiosis Learn about Cryptosporidiosis, what causes it, how to prevent it, and statistics
Other resource N40 eMedicine - Cryptosporidiosishttp://www.emedicine.com/med/topic484.htm eMedicine - CryptosporidiosisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Cryptosporidiosis Article by Damon Eisen, MD.
Other resource N41 Cryptosporidiosis Factshttp://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/crypto.html Cryptosporidiosis FactsTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Cryptosporidiosis Factsheet with cause, signs and symptoms, risk factors, complications, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Other resource N42 Institute of Food Science and Technology: Cyclosporahttp://www.ifst.org/hottop39.htm Institute of Food Science and Technology: CyclosporaTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Cyclosporiasis Scientific and medical information about the parasite.
Other resource N43 CDC DPDx - Microsporidiosishttp://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Microsporidiosis.htm CDC DPDx - MicrosporidiosisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Microsporidiosis Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
Other resource N44 Leishmaniasis, Technicalhttp://www.cdfound.to.it/HTML/lei1.htm Leishmaniasis, TechnicalTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Leishmaniasis Slides of L.donovani and L.mexicana. From Atlas of Medical Parasitology (Italy).
Other resource N45 Leishmaniasis, All Abouthttp://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic296.htm Leishmaniasis, All AboutTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Leishmaniasis Introduction, clinical, differentials, workup, treatment, medication, follow-up, miscellaneous, pictures, test questions, bibliography. From emedicine.
Other resource N46 Leishmaniasis, Technicalhttp://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/ch082.htm Leishmaniasis, TechnicalTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Leishmaniasis Information on Cutaneous, Mucocutaneous, and Visceral types. From University of Texas Medical Branch, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Microbiology, 'Hemoflagellates'.
Other resource N47 Leishmaniasis, Caninehttp://www.cvm.okstate.edu/instruction/kocan/vpar5333/5333iig.htm Leishmaniasis, CanineTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Leishmaniasis From Oklahoma State, Veterinary Parasitology 5333
Other resource N48 Persian Gulf Experience and Health (CBM 94-3)http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/cbm/persgulf.html Persian Gulf Experience and Health (CBM 94-3)Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Leishmaniasis 594 selected citations from 1971-1994. From National Library of Medicine.
Other resource N49 Leishmaniasis, Government (CSR)http://www.who.int/emc/diseases/leish/ Leishmaniasis, Government (CSR)Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Leishmaniasis Disease situation, disease control activity, more information about the disease, links. From Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (CSR).
Other resource N50 Worldleishhttp://www.worldleish.org/ WorldleishTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Leishmaniasis Official site of the World Congress of Leishmaniasis. Includes meeting information and news.
Other resource N51 Centers for Disease Control - Pinworm Fact Sheethttp://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/pinworm/factsht_pinworm.htm Centers for Disease Control - Pinworm Fact SheetTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Pinworms Includes symptoms and prevention.
Other resource N52 CDC - Enterobiasishttp://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Enterobiasis.htm CDC - EnterobiasisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Pinworms Includes cause, life cycle, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment.
Other resource N53 MedlinePlus: Pinwormshttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pinworms.html MedlinePlus: PinwormsTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Pinworms Directory of factsheets, news, and articles.
Other resource N54 Babesiosishttp://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic49.htm BabesiosisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Babesiosis Detailed article from eMedicine.com about this intraerythrocytic parasitic infection caused by protozoa of the genus Babesia and transmitted through the bite of the Ixodes tick.
Other resource N55 Survive Outdoors Inchttp://www.surviveoutdoors.com/reference/babesiosis.asp Survive Outdoors IncTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Babesiosis Provides general information, symptoms, and treatment of babesiosis.
Other resource N56 Division of Parasitic Diseases - Chagas Diseasehttp://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/chagasdisease/ Division of Parasitic Diseases - Chagas DiseaseTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Chagas_Disease Detailed information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
Other resource N57 Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Variation among Triatomine Vectors of Chagas' Diseasehttp://www.tulane.edu/~wesson/Pubs/030199/ Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Variation among Triatomine Vectors of Chagas' DiseaseTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Chagas_Disease Full text article by Daniel E Lyman, Fernando A. Monteiro, Ananias A. Escalante, Celia Cordon-Rosales, Dawn M. Wesson, Jean-Pierre Dujardin, and Charles B. Beard.
Other resource N58 Chagas' Disease (American Trypanosomiasis)http://www.sbri.org/diseases/chagas.asp Chagas' Disease (American Trypanosomiasis)Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Chagas_Disease Brief information about Chagas' and other diseases caused by parasites of the Trypanosomatidae family (leishmaniasis and African sleeping sickness).
Other resource N59 Division of Parasitic Diseases - Trypanosomiasishttp://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/trypanosomiasis/ Division of Parasitic Diseases - TrypanosomiasisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/African_Trypanosomiasis Information about the East African and West African forms of Trypanosomiasis from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Other resource N60 Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis (PAAT)http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/paat/home.html Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis (PAAT)Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/African_Trypanosomiasis Combines forces of FAO, IAEA, WHO, AU/IBAR and other relevant stakeholders concerned with the tsetse and trypanosomiasis problem. Includes disease information and maps.
Other resource N61 Bacteria Cause River Blindnesshttp://www.nature.com/nsu/020304/020304-9.html Bacteria Cause River BlindnessTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Onchocerciasis Stowaway bacteria inside parasitic worms, and not the worms themselves, cause river blindness, according to new research.
Other resource N62 River Blindness 'Breakthrough'http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/779698.stm River Blindness 'Breakthrough'Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Onchocerciasis River blindness, which affects about 17 million people, could be wiped out with antibiotics, say scientists.
Other resource N63 WHO/OMS: Onchocerciasishttp://www.who.int/health-topics/oncho.htm WHO/OMS: OnchocerciasisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Onchocerciasis Factsheets, programs, press releases, and research.
Other resource N64 eMedicine - Onchocerciasishttp://www.emedicine.com/oph/topic709.htm eMedicine - OnchocerciasisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Onchocerciasis Article by Deborah Eezzuduemhoi, MD.
Other resource N65 Anisakiasishttp://www.tmd.ac.jp/med/mzoo/vlm/anisakiasis.html AnisakiasisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Humans are infected by consuming raw or undercooked fish. Features symptoms, effects on the body, and cause of the disease.
Other resource N66 Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura: Bad Bug Bookhttp://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap30.html Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura: Bad Bug BookTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations, and outbreaks.
Other resource N67 Toxocariasis Fact Sheet - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseaseshttp://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/toxocara/factsht_toxocara.htm Toxocariasis Fact Sheet - CDC Division of Parasitic DiseasesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Includes cause, symptoms, prevention, and treatment.
Other resource N68 Anisakiasis - CDC DPDxhttp://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Anisakiasis.htm Anisakiasis - CDC DPDxTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes nematode Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
Other resource N69 Hookworm Infection - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseaseshttp://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/hookworm/ Hookworm Infection - CDC Division of Parasitic DiseasesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
Other resource N70 Strongyloidiasis - CDC DPDxhttp://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Strongyloidiasis.htm Strongyloidiasis - CDC DPDxTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
Other resource N71 Guinea Worm or Dracunculiasis: WHOhttp://www.who.int/ctd/dracun/index.html Guinea Worm or Dracunculiasis: WHOTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Features disease information and status, control activities, and links.
Other resource N72 Medmicro: Enteric Nematodes of Humanshttp://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/ch090.htm Medmicro: Enteric Nematodes of HumansTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Medical and scientific information on the organisms and the diseases they cause.
Other resource N73 eMedicine - Ascariasishttp://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic145.htm eMedicine - AscariasisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Article by Michael E Greenberg, MD, MPH.
Other resource N74 eMedicine - Nematode Infectionshttp://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1594.htm eMedicine - Nematode InfectionsTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Article by Murat Hökelek, MD, PhD.
Other resource N75 eMedicine - Trichinosishttp://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2306.htm eMedicine - TrichinosisTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Article by Clinton Murray, MD.
Other resource N76 Guinea Worm Disease Factshttp://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/guinea.html Guinea Worm Disease FactsTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Factsheet with cause, geographic distribution, at risk poulation, symptoms, prevention, and treatment.
Other resource N77 Toxocariasis: Kidshealthhttp://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/parasitic/toxocariasis.html Toxocariasis: KidshealthTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Toxocara are common parasites of dogs and cats. When they infect humans, the illness is called toxocariasis or visceral larva migrans.
Other resource N78 What Is A Hookworm Infection or Ancylostomiasis?http://www.personalmd.com/news/hookworm_072600.shtml What Is A Hookworm Infection or Ancylostomiasis?Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Features images, cause, treatment, symptoms, and prevention.
Other resource N79 WHO/OMS: Intestinal Nematodeshttp://www.who.int/topics/intestinal_diseases_parasitic/en/ WHO/OMS: Intestinal NematodesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Nematodes Factsheets and publications.
Other resource N80 Echintashttp://www.unizh.ch/paras/echintas/index.html EchintasTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Parasitic/Tapeworms Research network on the epidemiology of Echinococcosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis in Asia

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