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African Trypanosomiasis
Amebiasis
Babesiosis
Chagas Disease
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclosporiasis
Flukes
Giardiasis
Leishmaniasis
Lymphatic Filariasis
Malaria
Microsporidiosis
Nematodes
Onchocerciasis
Pinworms
Swimmer's Itch
Tapeworms
Toxoplasmosis


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Acanthocheilonemiasis: NORD fact sheet about this rare tropical infectious disease offers alternative names, a general discussion, and resources.
Body Lice Fact Sheet - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases -: Includes insect information, symptoms, and treatment.
CDC DPDx - Parasites and Health: Factsheets on on intestinal and blood-borne parasites.
Dientamoeba fragilis Infection - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases: Includes factsheets on the flagellate protozoan parasite and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
Ectoparasites and Endoparasites: Academic links and information about Fasciola (liver flukes) and parasitic zoonoses.
eMedicine - Balantidiasis : Article by Valda M Chijide, MD: Balantidium coli is a ciliated protozoan, and it is also the largest human protozoan. It is known to parasitize the colon.
eMedicine - Intestinal Protozoal Diseases: Article by Enrique Chacon-Cruz, MD.
eMedicine - Isosporiasis: Article by Venkat R Minnaganti, MD.
eMedicine - Lice: Article by Wayne Wolfram, MD, MPH.
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 serve as the definitive host for this parasite after ingesting the cysts in raw or undercooked beef or pork.
Filaria Journal: Addresses the biology, infections, disease and control of filariasis, onchocerciasis, and guinea worm.
Isosporiasis - CDC DPDx: Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
Lice - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases: Includes factsheets on head, body, and pubic lice and the conditions they cause, news releases, and reports.
MedlinePlus: Parasitic Diseases: Directory of factsheets, press releases, and articles.
Netherlands Society for Parasitology: Provide general information about the organization, and information on Dutch activities related to parasitic diseases of humans and animals.
Para-site Online: This diagnostic medical parasitology site includes, current issues, FAQS, procedures, method discussion and recommendations, quiz of the month and CPT codes.
Parasites and Parasitological Resources: Life cycles, biology, and images of protozoan, helminth, and nematode parasites of humans and animals.
Parasites of Vertebrates: Directory of factsheets on parasites that cause disease in humans.
The World of Parasites: Maps of what parasites are common in a particular continent, with images and information about each organism.
WormLearn: A parasitology site that helps people with little or no knowledge of parasites get essential introductory information.

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