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| | Parasitic Roundworm Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheets |
 | | Parasites that infect humans are much more widespread than many of us realize. | | | At times, the larvae may develop rapidly into the infective state in the intestine where they penetrate the intestinal lining instead of passing out of the body in the feces, as occurs normally. | | | The life cycle of the pinworm—egg, larva, and mature worm—takes place inside the human body and requires from 3 to 6 weeks to complete. |
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http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/roundwor.htm
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| | The Science Advisory Board |
| | Many of these diseases represent very well adapted host/parasite/vector relationships that imply a degree of co-evolution of these "partners in disease" that stretches the imagination. | | | The societal challenges are a bit more daunting to some of us, but here again research into the behavioral and societal aspects of these diseases will greatly assist in the implementation of effective measures against them. | | | The second is the translation of that understanding into tools appropriate to the task (e.g., new drugs, new diagnostics, the continued promise of new vaccines and vector manipulations). |
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http://www.scienceboard.net/community/perspectives.73.html
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| | Parasitic Infections, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases |
| | Vectors: Basic and applied research on the arthropod vectors and their interactions with pathogens and humans are underway to develop tools for the interruption of pathogen transmission to humans. | | | Immunological Intervention: Basic and applied studies are being undertaken to identify the role of the host’s immune response in protection and disease. | | | Unfortunately, most existing therapeutics are either incompletely effective or toxic to the human host. |
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http://www.niaid.nih.gov/dmid/parasite
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| | NIH Guide: INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH (ICIDR) |
| | PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS FROM RESEARCH RISK: The involvement of human subjects and protections from research risk relating to their participation in the proposed research will be assessed. | | | Objective and Scope This RFA invites applications for collaborative research focused on parasitic infectious diseases in endemic areas that disproportionately affect the health of people living in the tropics. | | | The Principal Investigator will provide and document necessary training for clinical research staff in protection of human subjects training as required by NIH policy http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps_2003/NIHGPS_Part5.htm#_Toc54600083, Good Clinical Practices, regulatory adherence, protocol specific procedures, and other training as needed, e.g., for trial-related medical management issues prior to initiation of the study. |
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http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-04-017.html
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| | Cryptosporidium Parvum |
| | Cryptosporidiosis is such a disease; it has become a cause for concern mostly due to a predisposing condition (immunosuppression) on the part of its human hosts, mediated by the AIDS epidemic. | | | It may also be a new strain of an existing microbe, as in drug-resistant forms of influenza and tuberculosis or changes in climate and /or ecology, giving rise to new infections such as the O139 strain of cholera. | | | As there are currently no reliable curative therapies for cryptosporidiosis, the best hope lies in prevention of disease outbreaks. |
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http://www.cdfound.to.it/HTML/khan.htm
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| | Clinical Laboratory Science: Health education strategy in the control of urinary schistosomiasis |
| | Schistosomiasis, like the majority of the parasitic diseases, is influenced: 1) by human behaviour, mainly water use practices and indiscriminate urination and defecation, and 2) by failure to take advantage of available screening services or to comply with medical treatment. | | | In this study, social science principles were used to determine the impact of health education on the perception and prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis among school children in three rural communities in Cameroon. | | | Health education intervention was utilized in Gounougou (experiment 1) and Ouro-Doukoudje (experiment 2), and was aimed at promoting and reinforcing health behaviour. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3890/is_200307/ai_n9255489
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| | SC0062-3 Human Parasitic Disease |
| | The focus of this module is to study major parasitic infections in humans and to examine issues related to their epidemiology, control and prevention. | | | Discuss, both verbally and in written form, aspects of the Biological Sciences and epidemiology of the major Human parasitic diseases. | | | Relevant recent research will also be discussed and you will be guided to sources of information to be used in your independent study. |
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http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/sciences/biology/Handbooks/Sc0062.html
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| | FindHealthNews : News, Reviews and Articles On Parasitic Diseases |
| | It is effective for other parasitic diseases, so our hope is that other countries will see the value in it.". | | | Students said their help is sorely needed in Honduras, one of the poorest countries in the world, where many health problems are caused by a lack of basic utilities such as running water and electricity. | | | The Scottish researchers believe this will enable new drugs to be developed to overcome the problem of resistance to current, old-fashioned drugs. |
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http://www.findhealthnews.com/files/Parasitic_Diseases.html
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| | Poultry Parasitic Diseases |
| | This parasite apparently does not seriously affect the health of the bird. | | | Piperazine is only effective for treating this parasite. | | | It is not necessary to treat the birds, but houses and surrounding areas must be treated thoroughly. |
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http://www.msstate.edu/dept/poultry/disparas.htm
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| | eMedicine - Nematode Infections : Article by Murat Hökelek, MD, PhD |
| | Medicine is a constantly changing science and not all therapies are clearly established. | | | Members of this phylum are elongated, with bilaterally symmetric bodies containing an intestinal tract and a large body cavity. | | | The goals of pharmacotherapy are to eradicate the infestation, reduce morbidity, and prevent complications. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1594.htm
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| | Medical Parasitology: A Self-Instructional Text |
| | With an emphasis on a self-instructional approach, Medical Parasitology provides a concise, systematic introduction to the biology and epidemiology of human parasitic diseases. | | | This book is unparalleled as a learning tool for students of medical technology, biology, medicine, and public health, and can be used as a laboratory manual. | | | Review questions after the discussion of each parasite reinforce learning |
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http://www.fadavis.com/online_store/catalog/catalog_detail.cfm?publication_id=1657
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| | Helminth Immunology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ... |
| | Our research on the human host response to helminth infection has provided insights into both the regulatory and effector mechanisms utilized by human immune system. | | | The major interests of the Helminth Immunology Section relate to the host immune responses to parasitic helminth infection (primarily filariasis, loiasis, and onchocerciasis) with particular emphasis on: | | | The Helminth Immunology Section, along with others in the LPD, has played a major role in the training of physicians for careers in tropical medicine. |
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http://www.niaid.nih.gov/dir/labs/lpd/nutman.htm
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| | Cryptosporidiosis Facts |
| | Cryptosporidiosis can be a severe, life-threatening disease in persons with weakened immune systems. | | | If you have a weakened immune system, talk to your health-care provider about the need for extra precautions to minimize the risk of infection. | | | What extra precautions should persons with weakened immune systems take to reduce the risk? |
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http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/crypto.html
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| | Division of Parasitic Diseases - Recent Publications |
| | Zoonotic ascarids and hookworms: the role for veterinarians in preventing human disease. | | | A new name for Pneumocystis from humans and new perspectives on the host-pathogen relationship. | | | Circulating parasite antigen in patients with hydrocephalus secondary to neurocysticercosis. |
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http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/recentpubs/default.htm
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| | MedlinePlus: Parasitic Diseases |
| | The primary NIH organization for research on Parasitic Diseases is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | | | Microbes in Sickness and in Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) | | | Parasites and Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/parasiticdiseases.html
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| | Cambridge MPD Parasitology Lecture Notes |
| | General Control Measures: Aim to prevent disease by interrupting life cycle at most vulnerable points. | | | This requires us to learn more about the basic biology and immunobiology of host-parasite relationship. | | | Chemotherapy used to great effect but spread of drug resistance in both human and veterinary use is causing great concern. |
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http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~schisto/Lecture_Notes/Lectures6.html
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| | Fish Parasites: Pets and Animal Resources |
| | Parasites Researcher Joseph Kiesecker focused research on a rural... | | | diseases that affect invertebrates and list of suggested treatments. | | | noteworthy discovery was that of Trichina spiralis (1835), the parasite infesting the muscles of man in the disease... |
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http://www.dnxtrans.com/pets/Fish+Parasites
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| | Cryptosporidiosis |
| | can live in the intestine of humans and animals. | | | Some drugs may help with the symptoms but there is not a drug to cure the disease. | | | Cryptosporidiosis may cause complications for those with illnesses or conditions such as diabetes, alcoholism, or pregnancy. |
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http://www.mamashealth.com/crypto.asp
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| | List of infectious diseases - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia |
| | Control of Communicable Diseases Manual edited by James B. Chin, APHA, 2000 | | | Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy -- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease -- Kuru | | | Medicine > Infectious Diseases Human infectious diseases grouped by causative agent and alphabetically..."> |
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http://encyclopedia.learnthis.info/l/li/list_of_infectious_diseases.html
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| | NovaUCD, innovation through cooperation. The Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at University College Dublin |
| | From a human perspective, there is no simple diagnostic test on the market at present. | | | Indeed, recent experiences with epidemics such as BSE and Foot and Mouth disease have highlighted the need for improved methods of surveillance and diagnosis of animal diseases, especially those that are of major economic and public health importance. | | | Due mainly to intensive-farming practices, problems with the control of transmissible diseases have evolved. |
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http://www.ucd.ie/nova/services/nonconfidential/mulcahy2.htm
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| | Jones and Bartlett Public Health Products |
| | Infectious Disease Epidemiology: Theory and Practice, Second Edition | | | The Quality Solution: The Stakeholder's Guide to Improving Health Care | | | Clinical Research: What It Is and How It Works |
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| | Indiana State Department of Health - Labs |
| | Pure isolates from a human source are required; animal or environmental specimens are not accepted unless sufficient evidence of public health significance is presented. | | | Since many diagnostic parasitic examinations are widely available in the private sector, test services are restricted to state institutions and local health departments. | | | In most cases, paired (acute and convalescent) serum specimens are required for serological diagnoses. |
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http://www.in.gov/isdh/labs/dc_11.htm
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| | Toxoplasma Gondii |
| | The trophozoites proliferate within the vacuole developing a pseudocyst. | | | in cell cultures T.gondii proliferates to form a pseudocyst of 8-20 parasites. | | | In clinical specimens the presence of parasites can also |
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| | Global Health on CAB Direct - Coverage |
| | Global Health indexes over 2500 unique journals of a global nature covering Europe, China, Japan and the developing world. | | | Human migration and its effect on disease patterns. | | | Schistosomiasis (or bilharziasis) is the most important helminth infection of man and WHO considers it second only to malaria among human parasitic diseases in terms of socioeconomic and public health importance in tropical and subtropical areas. |
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http://www.cabdirect.org/globalhealth/coverage.asp
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| | News - Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| | Human Papillomavirus Vaccine 100% Effective Against Major Cancer-Causing Strains: Presented at IDSA | | | Biomarkers Used to Predict Recurrent Disease in Hepatitis C Transplant Patients | | | BCG Vaccine Effect Against Tuberculosis Infection and Disease |
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http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/infectiousnews.htm
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| | Parasitic Diseases |
| | Rapid assessment procedures for Loiasis - WHO Report | | | Parasitic Pathways, about Parasites & Parasitic Diseases, and some Diagnostic Procedures - DPD/CDC | | | Free-Living Protozoa and Human Disease - Tulane Univ. (US) |
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| | Toxoplasmosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | It is possible that the latent phase of the infection previously considered asymptomatic may cause behavioral changes in infected patients, as it has previously been shown to do in mice and rats. | | | " 'Cat Box Disease' May Change Human Personality And Lower IQ". | | | The parasite can cause encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) and neurologic diseases and can affect the heart, liver, and eyes (chorioretinitis). |
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| | parasite_report.html |
| | Although most of us have heard of Giardia, we are not very aware of other eukaroytic parasitic diseases. | | | In our area, most clinics and hospitals treat patients with genetic disease, cancer, and serious infectious disease caused by bacteria (including, rarely, bubonic plague) or viruses, including HIV/AIDS, but few patients are suffering from parasitic diseases caused by members of the Kingdoms Protista, Fungi, and Animalia. | | | Where, geographically, does this disease occur, and why does it occur where it does? |
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http://ns.headroyce.org/~patcurtin/parasite_report03.htm
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| | Wuchereria bancrofti a parasitic parasitic filarial worm filarial worm affects... |
| | The parasite's severe symptoms can be avoid by the use of therapeutic drugs. | | | Elephantiasis Elephantiasis can result if the parasite is left untreated; several drugs exist for treatment, but they are scarcely available in most afflicted nations. | | | Protection is similar to that of other mosquito spread illnesses; one can use both physical and chemical barriers, a mosquito net and insect repellent, respectively. |
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http://www.biodatabase.de/Wuchereria%20bancrofti
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| | OLYMPUS MIC-D: Brightfield Gallery - Human Blood Fluke (Schistosoma mansoni) |
| | Acute infections, mental retardation, and even a type of bladder cancer are attributed to these intestinal trematodes. | | | Among human parasitic diseases, schistosomiasis ranks second only to malaria in terms of worldwide public health risks and socio-economic impact. | | | Known also as bilharziasis, the disease was recognized since the time of the Egyptian pharaohs, but not isolated by its parasitic helminth until 1851 by young German pathologist, Theodor Bilharz. |
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http://www.mic-d.com/gallery/brightfield/schistosomamansoni.html
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| | Hookworms (Ancylostoma sp. and Necator sp.) |
| | The most important, at least from the human standpoint, are the human hookworms, Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, which infect an estimated 800,000,000 persons, and the dog and cat hookworms, A. | | | Hookworm disease can have devastating effects on humans, particularly children, due to the loss of excessive amounts of blood. | | | Rather, the juveniles remain in the skin where they continue to migrate for weeks (or even months in some instances). |
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http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/hookworms.html
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| | Parasitic Diseases |
| | The programmes developed include the control of helminthoses with emphasis on the problem of parasite resistance to antihelminthics. | | | The Tick and Tick-Borne Diseases control programme focuses on the increasing concern of acaricide resistance. | | | The focus of the Parasitic Diseases Group is on those vectors and diseases of livestock which are considered to be of greatest economic impact to agricultural development, particularly mixed farming. |
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http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/AGRICULT/AGA/AGAH/PD
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| | Environmental Information Center > Animals > Human Health > General |
| | Insects That Effect Human Health These web pages are designed to provide taxonomic and related biological and ecological information about the insects, mites and ticks that affect human and animal health in Canada and North America. | | | Parasitic Diseases Extensive list of resources on numerous Human parasitic diseases by the Karelinska Institute. | | | Center for Disease Control The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health. |
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http://trfn.pgh.pa.us/eic/subcategory_page.cfm?LinkSubCatID=212
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| | Human Parasitic Diseases Sourcebook |
| | The most comprehensive and up-to-date reference in the field, the Human Parasitic Diseases Sourcebook provides practical information on diagnosis and treatment of over 100 parasites, some never collected together into a single source. This is the first practical guide on Parasitology for the clinician. | | | Jones and Bartlett Home > Public Health > Human Parasitic Diseases Sourcebook | | | This book covers well known parasitic diseases such as malaria and pinworm but also covers new emerging parasitic diseases. |
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http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/0763729620
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| | Gender differences in parasitism and immunity in humans |
| | Gender differences in parasitism and immunity in humans. | | | This will be achieved by applying statistical and simulation modelling analytical approach to existing and generated datasets and to data extracted from the literature. | | | This analysis used data that were aggregated across a range of different parasitic and infectious diseases and a subsequent preliminary analysis of the deconstructed dataset has clearly shown that for some parasitic and infectious diseases, women are at greater risk from dying than men (K. Wilson unpubl.). |
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http://bssv01.lancs.ac.uk/bs/pgadmit/PgProjects/kw2.htm
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| | parasitic diseases - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | Phrases that include parasitic diseases: animal parasitic diseases, human parasitic diseases, parasitic diseases animal | | | parasitic diseases : The On-line Medical Dictionary [home, info] | | | We found 2 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word parasitic diseases: |
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