The Merck Manual: Parasitic Infection
- Provides detailed information on each of these diseases, including their symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
- http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch196/ch196a.html
CDC DPDx - Parasites and Health - Factsheets on intestinal and blood-borne parasites. - http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Para_Health.htm
MedlinePlus: Parasitic Diseases - Directory of factsheets, press releases, and articles. - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/parasiticdiseases.html
WormLearn - A parasitology site that helps people with little or no knowledge of parasites get essential introductory information. - http://home.austarnet.com.au/wormman/wormmain.htm
Parasites of Vertebrates - Directory of factsheets on parasites that cause disease in humans. - http://ucdnema.ucdavis.edu/imagemap/nemmap/Ent156html/vertcom
eMedicine - Sarcosporidiosis : Article by Raphael J Kiel, MD - 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 - http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2066.htm
eMedicine - Lice - Article by Wayne Wolfram, MD, MPH. - http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic298.htm
eMedicine - Isosporiasis - Article by Venkat R Minnaganti, MD. - http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1194.htm
Ectoparasites and Endoparasites - Academic links and information about Fasciola (liver flukes) and parasitic zoonoses. - http://www.soton.ac.uk/~ceb/
Isosporiasis - CDC DPDx - Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment. - http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/isosporiasis.htm
Lice - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Includes factsheets on head, body, and pubic lice and the conditions they cause, news releases, and reports. - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/lice/default.htm
Acanthocheilonemiasis - NORD fact sheet about this rare tropical infectious disease offers alternative names, a general discussion, and resources. - http://www.rarediseases.org/search/rdbdetail_abstract.html?disname=Acanthocheilonemiasis
Filaria Journal - Addresses the biology, infections, disease and control of filariasis, onchocerciasis, and guinea worm. - http://www.filariajournal.com/
Para-site Online - This diagnostic medical parasitology site includes, current issues, FAQS, procedures, method discussion and recommendations, quiz of the month and CPT codes. - http://www.med-chem.com/Para/Index.htm
Netherlands Society for Parasitology - Provide general information about the organization, and information on Dutch activities related to parasitic diseases of humans and animals. - http://www.parasitologie.nl