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Ectoparasites and Endoparasites

           Medical Endoparasite Links        

Searching is based on the 'Atlas of Parasitology' of Dr.Shoji Uga.which is mirrored below.  There are  'Parasites & Parasitological Resources' including 'Life Cycles' from Ohio State as well as many links and individual 'Parasite Home Pages' in the tables below and behind the headings.

Links directory by location in the host & by Genus/Disease:

 

Parasite genome databases, research and computing resources

General Medical Parasitology links

Genus/Disease

Protozoa   and   Helminths

ACANTHAMOEBA: BABESIA BALANTIDIUM BLASTOCYSTIS
CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CYCLOSPORA DIENTAMOEBA ENTAMOEBA
GIARDIA ISOSPORA LEISHMANIA NAEGLERIA
PLASMODIUM TOXOPLASMA TRICHOMONAS TRYPANOSOMA (African)
TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI

(American)

GENERAL PARASITIC PROTOZOOLOGY

Intestinal Protozoa:

N.Y. State:

Amoebiasis

 

Amoebic infections

Helminths

ANCYLOSTOMA ASCARIS ANISAKIS CAPILLARIA
CLONORCHIS DIPHYLOBOTHRIUM DRACUNCULUS ECHINOCOCCUS
ENTEROBIUS FASCIOLA FILARIASIS HYMENOLEPIS
LOA NECATOR ONCHOCERCA PARAGONIMUS
SCHISTOSOMA TAENIA    Cysticercosis TOXOCARA TRICHURIS
TRICHINELLA WUCHERARIA    
GENERAL PARASITIC: HELMINTHOLOGY

Blaxter Pathology and Treatment of Filarial Nematode Infections

Davis:   Nematology N.I.A.I.D: .Parasitic Roundworm Diseases P Darben Worm Learn
D. Heyneman Cestodes      

 

I Protozoa (Intestinal and urogenital)

BALANTIDIUM


Balantidium coli PDF 287K Document
Dr.Shoji Uga.

BLASTOCYSTIS

Blastocystis hominis Dr.Shoji Uga.

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM

Parasitological Resources' Cryptosporidium Page

Center for Infectious Diseases (USA) Cryptosporidiosis

Kansas State Cryptosporidium Research

Fact Sheet N.Y. State: Cryptosporidiosis   USFDA

Cryptosporidium species PDF 357K Document Dr.S. Uga.

NOAH Cryptosporidiosis and MicrosporidiosisHouston

Texas Infectious Nature of Cryptosporidium

Cryptosporidium Capsule Newsletter

Photograph Cryptosporidium cysts WebPath, Utah

Cryptosporidiosis, small intestine, microscopic Utah Med. library

CYCLOSPORA

M.S.B. A New Cause of Traveller's Diarrhoea: Cyclospora

Slack Inc. Cyclospora

Report:   Cyclospora (USA)

DIENTAMOEBA 

CDC Dientamoeba fragilis

 

 

ENTAMOEBA

Parasitological Resources' Entamoeba  page         USFDA

Entamoeba histolytica
Entamoeba coli PDF 452K Document
Dr.Shoji Uga.

The Entamoeba Homepage. by Graham Clark

NAEGLERIA

Naegleria species  Naegleria,       

USFDA

 

GIARDIA

'Parasitological Resources' Giardia Page

Giardiasis Emergency medicine: Pennardt
Giardia lamblia PDF 357K Document
Dr.Shoji Uga.

USFDA

Beaver Fever

Photograph : Web-Path Utah

ISOSPORA

Isospora species

 

 

 

 

 

TRICHOMONAS

Parasitological Resources' Trichomonas page

Trichomonas vaginalis PDF 130K Document Dr.S. Uga.

 

II Protozoa Blood and Tissue                         Enzyme Structures as Key Targets.William Hunter

 

ACANTHAMOEBA:   Univ. of Torino Acanthamoeba sp.
AWWARF Acanthamoeba        Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia
BABESIA

Babesiosis Authored by Sean O. Henderson,

 

PLASMODIUM

CLICK HERE TO GO TO separate Page and Table

with large number of Plasmodium and malaria links

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOXOPLASMA

'Parasitological Resources' Toxoplasma  page

Toxoplasmosis Emergency Cryptosporidiosis, small intestine, microscopic medicine: Sciammaerella

Toxoplasmosis Hotline

A.V.M.A.Toxoplasmosis Information

Toxoplasma Boris Striepen's homepage

Toxoplasma gondii 452K PDF Document Dr.Shoji Uga.

N.O.A.H. Toxoplasmosis and Pregnancy

'Dr. Greene' on Toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasmosis Picture Site includes:

Pseudocyst filled with bradyzoites
Tachyzoites: Giemsa stain
Pseudocyst filled with bradyzoites: Giemsa stain
More bradyzoites: Giemsa stain

LEISHMANIA

'Parasitological Resources' Leishmania page

BLOOD, BONE
MARROW, SPLEEN
AND LIVER PARASITES
ZOOMASTIGOPHOREA Order:
Kinetoplastida The Leishmania   species

Image collection Utah parasites, vectors and maps.

WHO Leishmaniasis control

Leishmania Genome Network

Leishmania species Dr.Shoji Uga.

Trypanosomatid (Leishmania) growth Jeremy Mottram

Molecular Biology and Glycobiology      Mike Ferguson

 

TRYPANOSOMA

Parasitological Resources' Trypanosoma page

Photograph of Tsetse Fly  Berkely

WHO Trypanosomiasis Control

Trypanosoma brucei Genome Project

Trypanosoma species 270K PDF Document Dr.Shoji Uga.

Trypanosome Research Links   a hot site with many links.

Trypanosome Biology:  David Barry, Richard McCullough

Trypanosome Genetics Andy Tait

Trypanothione metabolism  Alan Fairlamb

CHAGAS DISEASE

Trypanosoma cruzi WHO Chagas Disease Elimination

The Trypanosoma cruzi  Genome Initiative

Brazil: Typanosoma cruzi and Chagas Disease

Faerman (Cornell): Hunting a Tropical Parasite

Diagnostic test by Larry Simpson

 

I.A.M.A.T. Hiking through Latin America risk of Chagas' Disease

 

Kinetoplastida (Leishmania and Trypanosoma) RNA Editing:

Kinetoplast minicircle database        General RNA editing

Guide RNA sequence database      Edited sequence database

U-insertion and deletion

 

III Helminths (Intestinal)


Nematodes            

WHO Intestinal Parasites Control Nematode cuticle and Prolyl Isomerases
ASCARIS

'Parasitological Resources'  Ascaris page

Ascaris lumbricoides PDF 132K Document

Ascarids   University College Davis

Thrive Online': Ascariasis

USFDA

TRICHURIS

'Parasitological Resources' Trichuris page

Trichuris trichiura
Trichuris vulpis PDF  347K Document
Dr.Shoji Uga.

7-Family Trichuridae

Four helminths in this family cause human infection which are: Trichuris trichiura, or Trichocephalus trichurus,
Trichuris vulpis, Capillaria hepatica,
and Capillaria philippinensis
Fred Arfa

Ohio: Trichuris spp.

'HOOKWORMS ANCYLOSTOMA & NECATOR

Emergency Medicine Weiss

Parasitological Resources'  Ancylostoma and Necator page

Hookworm (Ancylostoma and Necator) PDF 413K Document Dr.Shoji Uga.

What is Hookworm?

Division of Parasitic Diseases
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

STRONGYLOIDES ENTEROBIUS

Parasitological Resources' Strongyloides page

Strogyloides stercoralis
Enterobius vermicularis PDF 273K Document
Dr.S. Uga.

E. Buttravoli Enterobiasis


E.M.B.B.S. Anal Pinworm

Platyhelminths

TAENIA

'Parasitological Resources' Taenia page

Taenia species
284K  PDF Document
Dr.Shoji Uga.

HYMENOLEPIS NANA

'Parasitological resources' Hymenolepis nana page

Hymenolepis nana 228K  PDF Document Dr.Shoji Uga.

 

DIPHYLOBOTHRIUM

'Parasitological Resources' Diphylobothrium  page

Diphylobothrium latum 343K  PDF Document Dr.S.Uga.

USFDA

HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA as a teaching example

'Parasitological resources' Hymenolepis diminuta page

Hymenolepis diminuta

IV Helminths Blood and Tissue

Nematodes

TOXOCARA

'Parasitological Resources' Toxocara page


Toxocara species
445K PDF Document
Dr.Shoji Uga.

Potential vaccine research papers     

TRICHINELLA

Trichinella spiralis PDF Document Dr.Shoji Uga.

'Parasitological Resources'  Trichinella page

The Trichinella page by 'Gold & Despommier'

http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/sph/enviro/worm/

Nematology Dept. Davis Progessive Symptoms of Trichinellosis

8-Family Trichinellidae Fred Arfa

N.Y. State Trichinosis

WUCHERARIA

'Parasitological Resources' Wucheraria  page

Wuchereria bancrofti & Brugia malayi
326K PDF Document
Dr.Shoji Uga.

LOA LOA

Loa loa : a filarial parasite of man

The Life Cycle

Travel Online Loiasis

Loa loa The Filarial Genome Network

 

GENERAL FILARIASIS

WHO Lymphatic filariasis elimination

FilGenNet   Filariasis Network Page

Bibliographies on filarial nematodes, especially Onchocerca , Wuchereria, Loa and Brugia,

SKB Lymphatic Filariasis

Nematology Davis: Wuchereria bancrofti & Brugia malayi

Nieves Pediatric Bulletin : Filariasis

DRACUNCULUS

WHO Dracunculiasis Eradication

WHO Press release 1998 109 coutries free of  Dracunculiasis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ONCHOCERCA

Link to be replaced  the Edna McConnell Clark
sponsored onchocerciasis information repository including:

Antigens, serum, cDNA and genomic libraries,
researchers currently working on onchocerciasis,
"News" and reference pages on the biology and pathology of Onchocerca infection.

The Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (OCP) WHO

The Global 2000 River
Blindness News: The Carter Center

 

 

CAPILARIA & ANGIOSTRONGYLUS

Parasitological Resources' Capillaria  page

Capillaria hepatica
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
417K PDF Document

Dr.Shoji Uga.

Capillaria hepatica, and Capillaria philippinensis

Fred Arfa

OTHERS

Gnathostoma spinigerum
Spirometra erinacei
350K PDF Document
Dr.Shoji Uga.

ANISAKIS
'Parasitological Resources' Anisakis page
Anisakis species 270K PDF Document
Dr.Shoji Uga.

Hawaii   Anisakiasis

USFDA

Platyhelminths

FASCIOLA

Fascioliasis Fasciola hepatica and gigantica

Parasitological Resources' Fasciola page

Fasciola species PDF Document

Fasciola Home Page by Clive Bennett

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHERS:

Heterophyes heterophyes
210K PDF Document
Dr.Shoji Uga.

 

SCHISTOSOMA

Parasitological Resources Schistosoma page


Schistosoma species 473K PDF Document
Dr.Shoji Uga.

'Wormland' Schistosoma Home Page

University of Dusseldorf  www server Schisto pages

WHO Schistosomiasis Control The silent scourge of development

Schistosomiasis: Fact Sheet

National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

Sex and Schistosomes by Werner Kunz

Vaccine Research   by Donald Harn

Schistosome Group: Prague

CLONORCHIS

'Parasitological Resources' Clonorchis  page

Clonorchis sinensis
Metagonimus yokogawai
259K PDF Document
Dr.Shoji Uga.

PARAGONIMUS

'Parasitological Resources' Paragonimus page

Paragonimus westermani
Paragonimus miyazakii
396K PDF Document
Dr.Shoji Uga.

TAENIA: Cysticercosis

 

 

Drugbase Info

A Case of Neurocysticercosi: G. Cohen Travel Health On-Line Tapeworms
Neurosurgery USC Cysticercosis Tenzer: Cysticercosis
ECHINOCOCCUS Echinococcus granulosus  (Obligatory developmental phase in dogs)
Molecular Biology of Echinococcus 'Parasite Resources' page
  Echino net a 5 star site
Echinococcus granulosus
Echinococcus multilocularis
410K PDF Document
Dr.Shoji Uga.
The Zoonosis links

Links directory by  location:

I Protozoa (Intestinal and urogenital) II Protozoa Blood and Tissue
III Helminths (Intestinal) (Nematodes and Platyhelminths) IV Helminths Blood and Tissue (Nematodes and Platyhelminths)

Other endo-parasitology links

Literature searching is via Clini-web International for a range of endoparasites.

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