Provide general information about the organization, and information on Dutch activities related to parasitic diseases of humans and animals.

This diagnostic medical parasitology site includes, current issues, FAQS, procedures, method discussion and recommendations, quiz of the month and CPT codes.

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

NORD fact sheet about this rare tropical infectious disease offers alternative names, a general discussion, and resources.

Includes insect information, symptoms, and treatment.

Includes factsheets on the flagellate protozoan parasite and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.

Includes factsheets on head, body, and pubic lice and the conditions they cause, news releases, and reports.

Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.

Academic links and information about Fasciola (liver flukes) and parasitic zoonoses.

Balantidium coli is a ciliated protozoan, and it is also the largest human protozoan. It is known to parasitize the colon.

Article by Venkat R Minnaganti, MD.

Article by Wayne Wolfram, MD, MPH.

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.

Directory of factsheets on parasites that cause disease in humans.

A parasitology site that helps people with little or no knowledge of parasites get essential introductory information.

Maps of what parasites are common in a particular continent, with images and information about each organism.

Directory of factsheets, press releases, and articles.

Factsheets on intestinal and blood-borne parasites.

Article by Enrique Chacon-Cruz, MD.

Life cycles, biology, and images of protozoan, helminth, and nematode parasites of humans and animals.

Provides detailed information on each of these diseases, including their symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.