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African Trypanosomiasis
Amebiasis
Babesiosis
Chagas Disease
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclosporiasis
Fleas
Flukes

Giardiasis
Head Lice
Leishmaniasis
Lymphatic Filariasis
Malaria
Microsporidiosis
Nematodes
Onchocerciasis

Pinworms
Scabies
Schistosomiasis
Swimmer's Itch
Tapeworms
Ticks and Mites
Toxoplasmosis

This occurs as names of topics related to mortal parasitic diseases. Understand as well a categories shown following.

Diseases

Amoebiasis Ascariasis Babesiosis Chagas disease Clonorchiasis Cryptosporidiosis Diphyllobothriasis Dracunculiasis Echinococcosis Elephantiasis Enterobiasis Fascioliasis Fasciolopsiasis Filariasis Giardiasis Gnathostomiasis Hymenolepiasis Isosporiasis Katayama fever Leishmaniasis Lyme disease Malaria Metagonimiasis Myiasis Onchocerciasis Pediculosis Scabies Schistosomiasis Sleeping sickness Strongyloidiasis Toxocariasis Toxoplasmosis Trichinosis Trichuriasis

Pathogens

Ascaris lumbricoides Balantidium coli Cestoda (tapeworm) Entamoeba histolytica Fasciola hepatica Giardia lamblia Hookworm Leishmania Liver fluke Loa loa Pinworm Plasmodium falciparum Schistosoma Strongyloides stercoralis Tapeworm Toxoplasma gondii Trypanosoma Whipworm Wuchereria bancrofti

Vectors and hosts

Anopheles Louse Tick Triatoma'' Tsetse fly

Antiparasitic drugs

Thiabendazole Pyrantel pamoate Mebendazole Praziquantel Niclosamide Bithionol Oxamniquine Metrifonate Ivermectin Albendazole Benznidazole Nifurtimox

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.

Filaria Journal
Addresses the biology, infections, disease and control of filariasis, onchocerciasis, and guinea worm.

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.

Dientamoeba fragilis Infection - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases
Includes factsheets on the flagellate protozoan parasite and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.

Lice - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases
Includes factsheets on head, body, and pubic lice and the conditions they cause, news releases, and reports.

Isosporiasis - CDC DPDx
Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.

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.

Science: Biology: Microbiology: Parasites