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• The World of Parasites and Incidence of parasitism in human populations [J Smith] - McGill Univ (CA)
  About some Tropical Parasitic Diseases [.pdf file] - Walter Reed Army Med C. (US)
  The Parasitology Resources Page - Pasteur Institute, Paris (FR)
  Atlas of Medical Parasitology - Torino (IT)
  Parasitic Diseases, about Parasites & Health, and some Diagnostic Procedures - DPD/CDC
  Parasitology Lectures - UPenn/School of Vet Med
  Am. Society of Parasitologists
  Parasites Info from Cells Alive
  Parasites Information from Japan [N Akao] - Tokyo
  Parasitology Images List [P Darben] - QUT (AU)
  The Parasitology Image Server [G Cain; guest access] - U of Iowa (US)
  Parasitology Images from U of Delaware/Diagnostic Parasitology (US)
  Graphic Images of Parasites and their life cycles - Ohio State U. (US)
  Discussions in Parasitology [BioNet/USENET] - (US)
  Parasites of Vertebrates - Dept. of Nematology, UC Davis (US)
  The Parasitology Program at Inst de Ciencias Biomedicas/F de Medicina, U of Chile
  Krankheitsbeschreibungen (Tropen & Subtropen) - Centrum für Reisemedizin (DE)
  Parasitology images - Taipei Med Coll. (TW)
  Medical Entomology - Iowa State U. (US)
  About Metronidazole (Flagyl)
  The Mosquito Genomics Server
  Parasitology Journal Links - Am. Soc. of Parasitologists
  

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  SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC
  About Delusory Parasitosis and "Cable Mite" Dermatitis [W Ebeling]
  Cutaneous Parasite Home Page [EA Gross]
  Nat'l Unidentified Skin Parasite Association - (US)
  

  • Pediculosis
    • US Nat'l Pediculosis Assoc.
    • Head Lice and School Children [G Harvey]
    • Head lice: Information and FAQs - Harvard
    • About Head Lice (Pediculosis Capitis) - Dr Greene
    • Head Lice Information [R Speare] - J Cook Univ. (AU)
    • Head Lice [picture] - WebPath
    • Headlice - Description and Biology - Univ of Maine (US)
    • FDA on Childhood Lice Treatments Containing Lindane - KidSource (US)
    • Picture of Pediculus humanus - Iowa State University (US)
    • About Pubic Lice - McKinley Health Center, Illinois (US)
    • Pediculosis Pubis - DSH (HK)
    • A very personal story .. [L Legg] - Micscape Magazine
    • About Crabs/Pubic Lice - Global Med Health C. & Resorts (DM)
    • Picture of Pediculosis Pubis - U of Iowa/Derm (US)
    • Picture of Phthirus pubis - Iowa State University (US)
  • Scabies
    • Scabies [Fact Sheet] - New York State Dept. of Health (US)
    • About Scabies [TS Au] - (HK)
    • A 23-year-old man with itchy wrists [EC Nemergut II] - U of Indiana (US)
    • A Case of Scabies [GL Cohen] - (US)
    • Scabies, picture [F Pontén] - Umeå Univ. (SE)
    • Treating Scabies (, for parents) - Vineland Pediatrics (US)
    • Scabies [? Hansen] - Skin Care Today
    • Medication for Scabies? - Dr Greene, and on Drug treatment of scabies - The Cochrane Library (UK)
  • Leishmaniasis
    • About Leishmaniasis - WHO (CH)
    • Leishmaniasis Discussion List, Leish-L - BDT, Campinas (BR)
    • Leishmania donovani and Visceral leishmaniasis - Torino (IT)
    • Leishmania donovani [images] - Bug on the Web/Utah
    • About the Leishmaniases [FR Opperdoes] - UCL (BE)
    • Leishmaniasis donovani / Amastigotes in Spleen Smear [image] - U of Texas, El Paso
    • About the Leishmania donovani complex (kala azar, black poison) - Ferris U.
    • Leishmania donovani information, and a picture of a sandfly - Coll of Vet Med/Missouri (US)

  
  ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS

  • Mite Infestations
    • Mites Annoying Humans [Lyon et al] - Ohio State Univ. (US)
    • Mites That Bug People [Apperson and Waldvogel] - N Carolina State Univ. (US)
    • The Mighty Mites [GJL Ramel] - (UK)
    • About Mange - IFAS, Univ. of Florida (US)
  • Myiasis
    • Brief explanation of Myiasis - Torino (IT)
    • A Case Presentation (Dermatobia hominis) [a series of pages] - Bugs on the Web (CA) and another Case of Cutaneous Myiasis [Sokal and Lambertson]
    • How Do Myiasis-Causing Flies Find Their Hosts? - Natural Hist Museum, London (UK)
    • Myiasis from Screwworm Infestation - (MX)
    • Furuncular Myiasis - DermIS, U of Erlangen (DE)

  
  HELMINTHIASIS
  Medical Helminthology [F Arfaa]
  Helminths: Pathogenesis and Defenses [D Wakelin] - Medical Microbiology/S. Baron
  Wormland - Univ. of Southampton (UK)
  Worm Learn [P Darben] - (AU)
  Pathology and Treatment of Filarial Nematode Infections [M Blaxter] - via (US)
  Antihemintics - U of Cape Town (ZA)
  Nematology [E Caswell-Chen] at UC/Davis (US)
  About Some Parasitic Roundworm Diseases - NIAID
  How to Prevent Transmission of Intestinal Roundworms from Pets to People - CDC (US)
  

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  • Elephantiasis, Filarial
    • Wuchereria bancrofti & Brugia malayi - Dept. of Nematology, UC Davis (US)
    • Filariasis [MR Nieves] - Pediatric Bulletin
    • Facts about Lymphatic Filariasis - WHO (CH)
    • Lymphatic Filariasis - SmithKline Beecham
  • Ascariasis
    • About Ascariasis - ThriveOnline
    • About Ascarids - Dept. of Nematology, UC Davis (US)
      
    • Life Cycles of Ascaris lumbricoides and Ascaris suum - Ohio State U. (US)
    • Ascris lumbricoides, male & female [P Darben] - (AU)
  • Dracunculiasis
    • About Dracunculiasis (or Guinea Worm Disease) - WHO (CH)
    • Dracunculiasis [2 pages] - DPDx/CDC (US)
    • 109 Countries Now Dracunculiasis Free - Mar '98, WHO (CH)
  • Schistosomiasis
    • About Schistosomiasis - CDC (US)
    • Schistosomiasis [2 pages] - DPDx/CDC (US)
    • About Schistosomiasis (or Bilharziasis) - WHO (CH)
    • Schistosoma Research - Univ of Düsseldorf (DE)
    • Schistosomiasis - the silent scourge of development - WHO Dec '98
    • About Schistosoma sp. [J Smith] - McGill Univ (CA)
    • The Schistosoma Genome Network
    • Schistosoma mansoni, male & female [P Darben] - (AU)
  • Onchocerciasis
    • The Onchocerciasis Control Programme - WHO (CH)
    • Onchocerciasis information - OnchoNet (UK)
    • River Blindness News from the Carter Center, Emory U.
  • Hookworm Infections
    • Hookworm - CDC/DPDx
    • Brief note about Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus [J Smith] - McGill Univ (CA)
  • Whipworm Infections (not a MeSH term)
    • About the family Trichuridae [F Arfaa]
    • Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura - Bad Bug Book/FDA (US)
    • Trichuris spp. - Ohio State U. (US)
  • Trichinosis
    • About Trichinosis - N Y State Dept of Health (US)
    • Progessive Symptoms of Trichinellosis - Dept. of Nematology, UC Davis (US)
      
  • Loiasis
    • Loiasis - Summary Information - Travel Health Online (US)
    • About the Loa Loa Parasite - Filarial Genome Network
    • The Life Cycle of Loa Loa - Ohio State U. (US)
  • Cestode Infections
    • Cestodes [D Heyneman] - Medical Microbiology/S. Baron
    • About Diphyllobothriasis - Food and Drug Administration (US)
    • Taeniasis [2 pages] - DPDx/CDC (US)
    • EchinoNet [Echinococcosis research] - Univ of Pavia (IT) Mar 28
    • Tapeworms - Summary Information - Travel Health Online (US)
    • Cysticercosis
      • About Cysticercosis - Dept of Neurosurgery/USC (US)
      • Cysticercosis [Tenzer & Blumstein] - e-Medicine (US)
      • Cysticercosis [2 pages] - DPDx/CDC (US)
      • Cisticercosis [OH Del Brutto; in Spanish] - (ES)
      • A Case of Neurocysticercosis - [GL Cohen]
      • About QualiCode, a Cysticercosis Disease Kit [GL Cohen] - (US)
      • Drugs for treating neurocysticercosis [abstract of Cochrane report, May '97]
      • On Neurocysticercosis and Anthelmintic Agents [discussion] - Arch Internal Med, Jan '97

  
  INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC
  Parasites of the Intestinal Tract - CDC/DPDx
  About Enterobius vermicularis [J Smith] - McGill Univ (CA), and Enterobiasis (Threadworms, Pinworms) [Buttravoli & Stair] - (US)
  A case of Anal Pinworms - EMBBS
  Intestinal Parasites and Sexual Activities - U of Toronto (CA)
  

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  • Dientamoebiasis
    • About Dientamoeba fragilis infections - CDC/NCIDOD (US)
    • Dientamoeba fragilis, brief note & image - U of Delaware (US)
    • Dientamoeba fragilis, brief note & image - Ohio State Univ. (US)
  • Anisakiasis
    • About Anisakiasis - Hawaii Dep't of Health (US)
    • Anisakiasis [2 pages] - DPDx/CDC (US)
    • About Anisakis Simplex - Food and Drug Administration (US)
  • Giardiasis
    • About Giardiasis (Beaver Fever) - N Y State Dept of Health (US)
    • Giardiasis - Food and Drug Administration (US)
    • Giardiasis - NIAID/MediConsult
    • Giardia lamblia [picture] - WebPath, Utah (US)

  
  PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS
  

  • Protozoa as Human Parasites - U of Leicester (UK)
    Protozoa: Pathogenesis and Defenses [JR Seed] - Medical Microbiology/S. Baron
    Acanthamoeba sp. - Torino (IT)
    About Flagellates [P Darben] - (AU)
    Acanthamoeba and Drinking Water - AWWARF
    About Acanthamoeba keratitis - DJO/Harvard (US)
    

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  • Amebiasis
    • About Amoebae [P Darben] - (AU)
    • Amebic Infections [WB Lushbaugh] - U of Mississippi (US)
    • About Amebiasis - N Y State Dept of Health (US)
    • Intestinal Protozoa: Amebas [WA Sodeman, Jr], and Free-Living Amebas: Naegleria, Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia [AJ Martinez] - Medical Microbiology/S. Baron
    • Entamoeba Homepage - (UK)
  • Malaria
    • About Sporozoa [P Darben] - (AU)
    • About Malaria - WHO (CH)
    • Malaria Network
    • Resurgence of a Deadly Disease - Atlantic Monthly, Aug '97
    • Malaria Research [L. Yarris] - (US)
    • Malaria and Drug Resistance, and about Plasmodium Parasites & Anopheles Mosquitos [T Bradley] - U of Leicester (UK)
    • Current Views on Malaria Prophylaxis [A. Goldman]
    • Malaria Prevention Information from McKinley Health Center, Illinois (US)
    • Relapsing Malaria - Med Coll of Wisconsin (US)
    • Malaria & Tropical Disease Weekly - CW Henderson, Publisher (US)
    • Nat'l Malaria Research Programme - Durban (ZA)
    • Malaria in Africa - Paludisme en Afrique [journal]
    • Malaria Database - Monash (AU) and WHO
    • Malaria Genetics & Genomics - NCBI/NIH, and Genetic Code of Chromosome of Malaria Parasite Deciphered [Nov '98] - NIAID/NIH
    • About Quinine Sulfate - Adam.com
    • How the Anopheline Mosquito operates [WhyFiles, U of Wisconsin], and What it looks like [Iowa State University] (US)
  • Toxoplasmosis
    • Toxoplasmosis [2 pages] - DPDx/CDC (US)
    • About Toxoplasmosis and Pregnancy - NOAH (US)
    • Acquired Toxoplasmosis - Pediatric Bulletin
    • Toxoplasmosis from cats? - Dr Greene
    • Toxoplasmosis Information from AVMA
    • Toxoplasmosis in Cats (- and Human Health) - Cornell Feline Health C. (US)
    • Toxoplasmosis Hotline Handout from (AIDS) Project Inform (US)
    • Toxoplasmosis - Nat'l AIDS Treatment Inf Project (US)
  • Cryptosporidiosis
    • About Cryptosporidiosis - Nat'l Center for Infectious Diseases (US)
    • Cryptosporidiosis [Fact Sheet] - New York State Dept. of Health (US)
    • Cryptosporidium Research - Kansas State University (US)
    • About Cryptosporidium Capsule Newsletter - FS Publishing
    • On Cryptosporidiosis and Microsporidiosis - NOAH
    • Cryptosporidium cysts in stool [picture] - WebPath, Utah (US)
    • On the Infectious Nature of Cryptosporidium - Texas-Houston HSC (US)
  • Cyclosporiasis (not a MeSH term)
    • Cyclospora: A New Cause of Traveler's Diarrhea - MSB via Pharminfo (US)
    • Brief Note about Cyclospora - SLACK Inc. (US)
    • On Cyclospora Outbreaks in the US [Jul '96]
  • Babesiosis
    • Babesiosis [Henderson & Groth] - e-Medicine (US)
    • Babesiosis [2 pages] - DPDx/CDC (US)
  • Trypanosomiasis
    • Picture of a Tsetse Fly - Berkely (US)

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    • Trypanosomiasis, African
      • About African Trypanosomiasis (or Sleeping Sickness), and surveillance & screening strategies - WHO (CH)
      • About East African and West African Trypanosomiasis - CDC (US)
    • Chagas Disease
      • A New Blood Test for Chagas Disease [Feb '96] - HHMI Bulletin
      • Hunting a Tropical Parasite [Faerman et al] - Cornell (US)
      • Trypanosomiasis, American [2 pages] - DPDx/CDC (US)
      • Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas Disease - Rio de Janeiro (BR)
      • About Chagas Disease Elimination and distribution of Chagas Disease vectors - WHO (CH)
      • When Hiking Through Latin America, Be Alert to Chagas' Disease - IAMAT
      • The Bloodsuckers' Rosegarden [AM Rose] - Univ. Regensburg (DE)

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