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Parasites
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Carter Center: Guinea Worm Eradication Program 
 Details about this program that hopes to eradicate Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis), a parasitic disease "contracted when stagnant water, contaminated with microscopic water fleas carrying infective larvae, is consumed." Features a program overview, reported cases by country (all in Africa), articles on the disease, and links to related websites. From the Carter Center, an organization (founded by former president Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn) "committed to advancing human rights and alleviating unnecessary human suffering." http://www.cartercenter.org/health/guinea_worm/index.html Topics: Animals, Biology, Diseases & Conditions Last updated Nov 10, 2006 Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease)
Fact sheet and other materials on dracunculiasis, "more commonly known as Guinea worm disease (GWD), ... a preventable infection caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis. Infection affects poor communities in remote parts of Africa that do not have safe water to drink." Includes a diagram of the disease life cycle, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report articles (back to 1983), and reports on dracunculiasis. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/dracunculiasis/ Topics: Animals, Biology, Diseases & Conditions Last updated Mar 28, 2006 Parasitic Disease Information: Schistosomiasis
Fact sheets and publications on this disease, "also known as bilharzia ... [which] is a disease caused by parasitic worms." Includes links to travel information, a fact sheet with basic questions and answers, information for professionals, and selections from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and Emerging Infectious Diseases. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/schistosomiasis/ Topics: Animals, Biology, Diseases & Conditions Last updated Mar 2, 2005 The Parasitic Plant Connection
Parasitic plants are organized by family, with photos (some are spectacular), descriptions, distribution maps, lists of genera, bibliographic references, and DNA sequence information, as well as other information. The site also includes a glossary of parasitic plant terms, a list of specialists, and related links. Site by Dan Nickrent of the Department of Plant Biology at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/ Topics: Biology, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Dec 19, 2008 Parasitology Diagnostic Web Site (DPDx-CDC)
Parasitologists from the Division of Parasitic Diseases of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer information about the identification and diagnosis of parasites of public health concern. The site reviews specific parasites and parasitic diseases and discusses laboratory procedures for diagnosis and appropriate treatments. There are also images of parasites and a place for physicians to request assistance. Users may search the site by parasite and by affected body part. Boolean searching is available. http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/ Topics: Animals, Biology, Diseases & Conditions Last updated Nov 8, 2000 Partners for Parasite Control (PPC)
This is the World Health Organization (WHO) site for "schistosomiasis, Soil Transmitted Helminths, and the Partners for Parasite Control (PPC)." It features fact sheets, data, and educational and prevention materials about schistosomiasis ("also known as bilharziasis, ... a parasitic disease that leads to chronic ill health") and soil-transmitted helminths (STHs), which "are also known in many places simply as common intestinal worms." Educational materials available in several languages. http://www.who.int/wormcontrol/ Topics: Agriculture, Animals, Biology, Diseases & Conditions Last updated Mar 2, 2005 |
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