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Contents:
Amebiasis - Anisakiasis - Ascariasis - Babesiosis - Blastocystis hominis infections (not on MeSH) - Bug Bite (not on MeSH) - Cestode Infections - Chagas Disease - Cryptosporidiosis - Cyclosporiasis - Cysticercosis - Dientamoebiasis - Diphyllobothriasis - Dracunculiasis - Echinococcosis - Ectoparasitic Infestations - Fascioliasis - Filariasis - Giardiasis - Helminthiasis - Hookworm Infections - Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - Larva Migrans - Leishmaniasis - Lice Infestations - Loiasis - Malaria - Mite Infestations - Myiasis - Neurocysticercosis - Onchocerciasis - Parasitic Diseases - Protozoan Infections - Scabies - Schistosomiasis - Skin Diseases, Parasitic - Strongyloidiasis - Taeniasis - Tick-Borne Diseases - Toxocariasis - Toxoplasmosis - Trichinosis - Trichomonas Infections - Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosomiasis, African - Whipworm Infections (not on MeSH) - Zoonoses -


  Parasitic Diseases   
  Parasitology [text book chapter] - Univ of South Carolina of Medicine (US)
  Tropical Diseases and Parasites [links; E Rumsey] - Hardin Meta Directory (US)
  About some Tropical Endemic Diseases - ASNOM
  Tropical Lung Diseases [Arunabh et al.] - ChestNet/PCUU 16/2002
  About some Tropical Parasitic Infections [.pdf file] - Walter Reed Army Med C. (US)
  On Tropical Diseases - Radiology Dept./Uniformed Services University (US)
  Tropical Diseases Image Library - WHO (CH)
  Atlas of Medical Parasitology - Torino (IT)
  Parasitic Infections - Merck Manual/Home Edition
  About some Parasitic Diseases , and Laboratory Identification of Parasites of Public Concern - DPD/CDC
  Parasitology Images from Chiang Mai Univ. (TH)
  Am. Society of Parasitologists
  Parasites Info from Cells Alive
  Web Atlas of Medical Parasitology - The Korean Society for Parasitology (KR)
  Parasitology Course [Opperdoes and Hannaert] - Brussels (BE)
  Bugs and Drugs [Blondel-Hill and Fryters], 2006 - (CA)
  Parasitology Images from U of Delaware/Diagnostic Parasitology (US)
  The Wall Charts of Rudolph Leuckart (1822-98) - Marine Biological Lab., MA (US)
  Discussions in Parasitology [BioNet/USENET] - (US)
  Parasites of Vertebrates - Dept. of Nematology, UC Davis (US)
  Kurze Krankheitsbeschreibungen (Tropen & Subtropen) - Centrum für Reisemedizin (DE)
  A collection of Fact Sheets and Photos from the Department of Medical Entomology [SL Doggett] - Sydney (AU)
  Medical and Veterinary Entomology [links] - Iowa State U. (US)
  On The Mosquito Genome: a Breakthrough for Public Health [Morel et al.] - Science Mag, Oct 2002

     Neurocysticercosis   
     Neurocysticercosis [DeGiorgio et al.] - Epilepsy Currents, May 2004 (US)
     A 28-year old Guatemalan man .. (Neurocysticercosis) [Schlaen et al.]
     Neurocisticercosis in critical stage [Foyaca-Sibat et al. - CIMC 2001


   Helminthiasis   
   Helminths: Pathogenesis and Defenses [D Wakelin] - Medical Microbiology/S. Baron
   Pathology of Helminth Infections , and images of Helminth Eggs - Schistosomiasis Research Group, Cambridge Univ. (UK)
   Worm Learn [P Darben] - (AU)
   About the Nematodes [Ghaffar and Hunt]
   Pathology and Treatment of Filarial Nematode Infections [M Blaxter] - via (US)
   Anthelmintics - U of Cape Town (ZA)
   Nematology [E Caswell-Chen] at UC/Davis (US)
   About Some Parasitic Roundworm Diseases - NIAID
   How to Prevent Transmission of Intestinal Roundworms from Pets to People - CDC (US)

    Cestode Infections   
    About the Cestodes [Ghaffar and Hunt]
    Cestodes [D Heyneman] - Medical Microbiology/S. Baron
    The Cestode (Tapeworm) Life Cycle Database project at NHM (UK)
    Tapeworm Infestation [Mora and Irizarry] - eMedicine

     Diphyllobothriasis   
     Diphyllobothriasis - CDC (US)
     About Diphyllobothrium spp. - Food and Drug Administration (US)

     Echinococcosis   
     Echinococcosis - CDC (US)
     About Echinococcosis (Cystic Hydatid Disease) - Dept Natural Resources, Michigan (US)
     Echinococcosis [DA Vuitton] - eMedicine
     Echinococcosis: an emerging parasite in the immigrant population - AFP, Sep 2002 (US)
     Some rare presentations of hydatid cyst (Echinococcus granulosus) - J Royal Coll. of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 43, 1998 (UK)
     Removal (neurosurgical video clip) of a Brain Hydatid Cyst - via YouTube
     About Echinococcus multilocularis - EID, 2003

     Taeniasis   
     Teniasis (Tapeworm Infection) - ADAM via MedlinePlus (US)
     Taeniasis - CDC (US)
     About Taeniasis/Cysticercosis - WHO

      Cysticercosis   
      Cysticercosis [R Kraft] - AAFP, Jul 2007
      Cysticercosis [Tenzer & Blumstein] - e-Medicine (US)
      Cysticercosis - CDC (US)
      About Cysticercosis [Mansur et al.] - eMedicine

       Neurocysticercosis   
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    Helminthiasis, Animal   

     Toxocariasis   
     Toxocariasis - KidsHealth
     About Toxocara Infection , and study (2007) shows Toxocara infection more common than previously thought - CDC (US)
     Toxocariasis - Animal Planet
     On Toxocara canis, and the diagnosis of human toxocarosis - Border Affinity Products SA (CH)
     About Toxocara cati - Pet Health Library
     Toxocariasis [M Laufer] - eMedicine


    Nematode Infections   

     Adenophorea Infections   

      Enoplida Infections   

       Trichinosis   
       The International Commission on Trichinellosis - (IT)
       Trichinellosis (Trichinosis) - CDC
       Trichinosis - MedicineNet (US)
       A case of Trichinella spiralis infection - Medical Chemical Corporation


     Larva Migrans   
     Creeping Eruption - ADAM, via MedlinePlus (US)
     Cutaneous Larva Migrans [MC Douglass] - eMedicine
     Toxocariasis - CDC (US)
     Larva Migrans Cutanea [images] - Dermis (DE)
     Cutaneous Larva Migrans [image, hand] - Thacher's Web Site
     Ocular Larva Migrans - Handbook of Ocular Disease Management
     Visceral and Ocular Larva Migrans [S Baron] - Medical Microbiology

     Secernentea Infections   

      Ascaridida Infections   

       Anisakiasis   
       About Anisakis - Wikipedia
       Anisakiasis - CDC (US)
       About Anisakis Simplex - Food and Drug Administration (US)

       Ascariasis   
       About Ascaris lumbricoides - Adam, via MedlinePlus
       About Ascarids - Dept. of Nematology, UC Davis (US)
       Life Cycle of Ascaris lumbricoides - CDC (US)
       An image of Ascaris lumbricoides , male & female [P Darben] - (AU)

       Toxocariasis   
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      Rhabditida Infections   

       Strongyloidiasis   
       About Strongyloidiasis [Welch and Gill] - StudentBMJ, Aug 2003


      Spirurida Infections   

       Dracunculiasis   
       About Dracunculiasis (or Guinea Worm Disease) - WHO (CH)
       Dracunculiasis - CDC (US)
       Pipe filters may wipe out Guinea Worm in Sudan - Carter Center, 2001
       A 15-year-old Sudanese ... (Dracunculiasis) - US Armed Forces IDS
       109 Countries Now Dracunculiasis Free - WHO, 1998 (CH)

       Filariasis   
       The Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis) and some more, including pictures - ASNOM
       Lymphatic Filariasis - CDC
       Elephantiasis, Filarial information, and a video on Lymphatic Filarisasis - WHO (CH)
       Lymphatic Filariasis - GlaxoSmithKline
       Artcles on Filariasis - Indian J Urol, Jan-Jun, 2005

        Loiasis   
        About the Loa Loa Parasite - Filarial Genome Network
        About Loiasis - Merck Manual
        Larva of Loa loa (image) - via Univ of New Mexico (US)
        Loa loa Filariasis - CDC (US)

        Onchocerciasis   
        About Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) - WHO (CH)
        Onchocerciasis information and about Onchocerca volvulus: The causative agent of River Blindness - OnchoNET, 2003
        About Mectizan - Merck & Co.
        River Blindness - Saving Sight

       Whipworm Infections (not on MeSH)
        Whipworm [RW Tolan Jr] - eMedicine/WebMD
        Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura - Bad Bug Book/FDA (US)
        Trichuriasis (Human Whipworm) - CDC (US)


      Strongylida Infections   

       Hookworm Infections   
       Hookworm Infection (Ancylostomiasis) - CDC
       What Is a Hookworm Infection? - PersonalMD
       About the Hookworm Vaccine Initiative at Sabin Vaccine Institute
       About Ancylostoma spp. [in German] - Helveticum Institutum Tropologicum (CH)
       Hookworm life cycle - Merck
       Images of Hookworm, close-up - WHO, and Hookworm Egg - Oregon Publ Health Serv (US)


    Trematode Infections   

     Fascioliasis   
     About Fascioliasis - WHO (CH)
     Fascioliasis - CDC (US)
     Fascioliasis [RW Tolan] - eMedicine

     Schistosomiasis   
     About Schistosomiasis - CDC (US)
     Schistosomiasis Control Initiative
     About Schistosomiasis (or Bilharziasis) - WHO (CH)
     Schistosoma mansoni Images - Univ. of S Carolina (US)
     Schistosome Group in Prague [P Horak et al.] - (CZ)
     The Schistosoma mansoni genome project - Sanger Institute
     Patient Infected by Schistosoma mansoni - (IT)


   Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic   
   About Common Intestinal Parasites [Kucik and Sortor] - AAFP, Mar 2004
   Parasites of the Intestinal Tract - CDC/DPDx
   The Enterobius vermicularis ParaSite [C Yang; 2007] - Stanford Univ.
   Pin Worms and Your Child - Am Acad Family Physicians (US)
   Recommended Empiric Therapy of Enteric Parasitic Infections

    Anisakiasis   
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    Cryptosporidiosis   
    About Cryptosporidiosis , and An Emerging , Highly Infectious Threat [RL Guerrant; 1997] - Nat'l Center for Infectious Diseases (US)
    Cryptosporidiosis [Fact Sheet] - New York State Dept. of Health (US)
    Cryptosporidium Research - Kansas State University (US)
    Cryptosporidium parvum: an emerging pathogen [G Hannahs] - Kenyon College (US)
    Cryptosporidium White Paper , 2008 - San Francisco Public Util. Commission
    Surveillance and Epidemiology of Cryptosporidium infections in England and Wales , 2006 - (UK)
    Cryptosporidiosis - Aegis
    Cryptosporidium parvum cysts in stool [picture; EC Klatt]
    Cryptosporidium: Information for Swimming Pool Operators - CDC, via Lifesaving Resources Inc.

    Dientamoebiasis   
    About Dientamoeba fragilis infections - CDC
    Dientamoeba fragilis , brief note & image - U of Delaware (US)
    A 4-year-old female .... - Med-Chem

    Giardiasis   
    About Giardiasis (Beaver Fever) - N Y State Dept of Health (US)
    Giardiasis - CDC (US)
    Giardia lamblia - Food and Drug Administration (US)
    Giardia lamblia [picture; EC Klatt]
    Giardia muris trophozoite [SEM picture; Erlandsen and Meyer]


   Liver Diseases, Parasitic   

    Fascioliasis   
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   Parasitic Diseases, Animal   

    Babesiosis   
    Babesiosis [Cunha and Barnett] - eMedicine (US)
    When to Suspect and How to Monitor Babesiosis [E Mylonakis] - AAFP, May 2001 (US)
    Diagnostic tests for Babesiosis - IGeneX, Inc.
    Babesiosis - CDC (US)

    Helminthiasis, Animal   

     Toxocariasis   
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    Protozoan Infections, Animal   

     Babesiosis   
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     Cryptosporidiosis   
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   Protozoan Infections   
   Protozoa as Human Parasites [A Cann]
   About Protozoa: The Single Celled Organisms [P Darben] - (AU)
   Protozoa: Pathogenesis and Defenses [JR Seed] - Medical Microbiology/S. Baron
   Intestinal and Luminal Protozoa [Ghaffar and Hunt]
   A list of common Non-pathogenic Instestinal Amebas - CDC (US)
   Acanthamoeba sp. - Torino (IT)
   About the Flagellates - Univ of Southampton (UK)
   About Protozoa: The Single Celled Organisms [P Darben] - (AU)
   Free-Living Protozoa and Human Disease - Tulane Univ. (US)
   About Chilomastix mesnili - Korean Soc Parasitol

     Cryptosporidiosis   
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     Cyclosporiasis   
     Cyclospora Infection - CDC/NCIDOD (US)
     About Cyclospora cayetanensis [SJ Upton] - Kansas State Univ. (US)
     Microsporidia and Cyclospora: Epidemiology and Assessment of Risk from the Environment - Drinking Water Research Foundation
     Cyclospora cayetanensis - PARAsite Online
     Cyclospora cayetanensis - Wikipedia

     Malaria   
     About Sporozoa [P Darben] - (AU)
     Malaria information [Davis and Icke] - Royal Perth Hospital (AU)
     Malaria - The Wellcome Trust (UK)
     The Malaria department information server at WHO, and WHO Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria
     An interactive Malaria Risk [World] Map - CDC (US)
     Malaria Foundation International including some online malaria educational material
     Systemic Manifestations of Malaria and Clinical Presentations of Severe and Complicated Malaria in India [M Singh]
     Clinical presentation of a malaria patient - Malaria-Ipca
     A pocket guide to Malaria Prevention and Control - Navy Env Health C., 2007 (US)
     Clinical, management, etc., aspects of Malaria [MC Fernandez] - eMedicine
     Malaria and Drug Resistance 2004, about Plasmodium Parasites & Anopheles Mosquitos [T Bradley] - U of Leicester (UK), and What an Anopheles mosquito looks like [Iowa State University] (US)
     Comparison of Plasmodium Species Which Cause Human Malaria - CDC/DPD (US)
     Resurgence of blackwater fever ... [Bruneel et al.; Clin Infect Dis 2001 Apr; abstract only] (via PubMed)
     Malaria o Paludismo [C Rasmussen; in Spanish], 2005 - (AR)
     Malaria References & Picture Gallery - ICU (ZA)
     A photo of an Anopheles (freeborni) mosquito [JK Clark] - Univ of California
     Diagnosing Plasmodium vivax - Guide to Malaria
     Nat'l Malaria Research Programme - Durban (ZA)
     Control of Malaria Vectors in Africa and Asia - IPM 1996, Univ of Minnesota (US)
     The WHO/TDR Malaria Database - Victorian Bioinformatics Consortium (AU)
     Malaria Parasite - Metabolic Pathways [H Ginsburg] - Jerusalem (IL)
     Malaria Genetics and Genomics - NCBI (US)
     Scientists discover that old drug (atovaquone) is effective in preventing malaria [T Shapiro et al.] - summary in BMJ Oct 1999
     About Artemisinin - Wikipedia
     A briefing on Malaria Treatment Guidelines and artemisinin monotherapies - WHO, Apr 2006
     Artemisinin resistance could endanger fight against malaria - Lancet, Apr 2009
     About Quinine [Lesley ?] some more [archived] info - (AU), Chloroquine , and Mefloquine - Infomed Drug Guide
     Review of Mosquito Repellents [MS Fradin] - Ann Intern Med, 1998

     Toxoplasmosis   
     Toxoplasmosis - CDC (US)
     Toxoplasmosis in Cats (- and Human Health) - Cornell Feline Health C. (US)
     Toxoplasmosis and the Central Nervous System [Kahn and Turnbull] - eMedicine
     Toxoplasmosis and the Eye - Handbook of Ocular Disease Management / Jobson Publishing L.L.C
     Why We Need to Rethink Toxoplasmosis [RN Van Gelder] - Review of Ophthalmology, Jul 2000
     Some brief notes on Toxoplasmosis and Pregnancy - March of Dimes (US)
     Toxoplasmosis and pregnancy - Dr Greene
     On Congenital Toxoplasmosis [pathol image (brain) + text; ML Gunnert] - Univ of Connecticut HC


    Protozoan Infections, Animal   

     Babesiosis   
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     Cryptosporidiosis   
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    Sarcomastigophora Infections   

     Mastigophora Infections   

      Dientamoebiasis   
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      Giardiasis   
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      Leishmaniasis   
      About Leishmaniasis (kala azar) - WHO (CH)
      About Leishmania infection - CDC (US)
      Leishmaniasis [Roberts et al.] - BMJ, Sep 2000
      Recent advances in the diagnosis of leishmaniasis - (Indian) J Postgrad Med, 49/1, 2003
      On Human Leishmaniasis - The Canine Leishmaniasis Web Site
      Leishmaniasis [Vidyashankar and Agrawal] - eMedicine
      Images of Leishmaniasis - Dermis (DE)
      Leishmania donovani and Visceral leishmaniasis - Torino (IT)
      Facts about Leishmaniasis - USACHPPM, 2007, and Leishmaniasis information for clinicians, 2004
      India first to get black fever drug (Miltefosine) - BBC News, Jun 2002
      About the Leishmaniases [FR Opperdoes] - UCL (BE)
      Tödliche Tropenkrankheit jetzt heilbar (Leishmaniasis) [illustrated; in German] - Max Planck Institut (DE)
      Kala Azar (Black Poison) - Asiatic Society of Bangladesh

      Trichomonas Infections   
      About Trichomoniasis , and STD Trichomoniasis - CDC (US)
      About Trichomoniasis - UrologyChannel
      About Trichomoniasis ("trich") - KidsHealth
      About Trichomoniasis [J Brillman] - e-Medicine
      Trichomoniasis (Trichomonas vaginalis) - ASCCP, 2003 (US)
      What Is the Best Way to Treat Trichomoniasis (Trichomonas vaginalis) in Women? [J Epling] - AAFP, Oct 2001
      On the Nitroimidazole Treatment of trichomoniasis in women - The Cochrane Library (UK)

     Blastocystis hominis infections (not on MeSH)
      About Blastocystis hominis Infection - CDC (US), and a couple of microscopic images - U of Delaware (US)
      Blastocystis hominis infection - Mayo Clinic
      Effect of trimethoprim-sulfamethaxazole in Blastocystis hominis infection [Ok et al.; Abstract] - Am J Gastroenterol '99, via PubMed

      Trypanosomiasis   
      The Molecular Biology of Trypanosomiasis [Ghaffar and Hunt]
      Trypanosomiasis - WHO via Leicester Univ. (UK)
      Tsetse fly [illustr.] - Bayer, via Atlas of Med Parasitology, Turin (IT) Trypanosomatid Genomes - Science, Jul 2005

       Chagas Disease   
       A New Blood Test for Chagas Disease [Feb 1996] - HHMI Bulletin
       Chagas disease (Trypanosomiasis, American) - CDC (US)
       Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas Disease , 1999 - Rio de Janeiro (BR)
       Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) - PAHO

       Trypanosomiasis, African   
       African Trypanosomiasis information - CDC
       Research on African Sleeping Sickness at Karolinska Inst./Dept of Neuroscience (SE)
       PAAT: Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis - via FAO
       About East African and West African Trypanosomiasis - CDC (US)
       About the Trypanosoma brucei genome - Sanger Institute (UK)


     Sarcodina Infections   

      Amebiasis   
      About Amoebae [P Darben] - (AU)
      About Amebiasis - N Y State Dept of Health (US)
      Intestinal Protozoa: Amebas [WA Sodeman, Jr] and Free-Living Amebas: Naegleria, Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia [AJ Martinez] - Medical Microbiology/S. Baron
      Amoebic Liver Abscess [OP Kapoor; 1997]
      Entamoeba Homepage - (UK)
      About Metronidazole (Flagyl)


    Tick-Borne Diseases   
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     Babesiosis   
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   Skin Diseases, Parasitic   
   Steve Hopkin's Collembola pages and Collembola in association with man [F Janssens]
   About Entomophobia/Delusionary Parasitosis [P Weinstein] - Sydney (AU)
   Delusional Parasitosis [NS Scheinfeld] - eMedicine
   About Morgellons disease [contents disputed] - Wikipedia

    Ectoparasitic Infestations   
    Ectoparasites and Endoparasites [C Bennet] - Univ of Southampton (UK)
    About Tungiasis (Sarcopsylla penetrans) [McKinney and McDonald] - eMedicine

     Lice Infestations   
     Human Lice [Hamman and Olson]
     Head lice: Information and FAQs [RJ Pollack] - Harvard
     About Controlling Head Lice [GR Strother] - Alabama Coop. Ext. System (US)
     FDA on Childhood Lice Treatments Containing Lindane - KidSource, 2000 (US)
     Head Lice Information [R Speare], 2007 - J Cook Univ. (AU)
     Resistant lice prove to be a hairy problem [S Smith], 2002, from the US National Pediculosis Assoc. - Headlice.Org
     Head Lice [picture; EC Klatt]
     Headlice - Description and Biology - Univ of Maine (US)
     Picture of Pediculus humanus - Iowa State University (US)
     A small picture of Pediculosis Pubis (Crabs) [JM Casanova] - Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida (ES)
     Crab louse - Wikipedia

    Bug Bite (not on MeSH)
     About Cimex lectularius (Bedbug) [AC Huntley] - DOJ 5(1):6
     On Bedbugs - Wikipedia
     About Bed Bugs [MF Potter] - Western Colorado Entomology
     On How to get rid of Bed Bugs

     Mite Infestations   
     Mites Annoying Humans [Lyon et al] - Ohio State Univ. (US)
     Mites That Bug People [Apperson and Waldvogel] - N Carolina State Univ. (US)
     About Mange - IFAS, Univ. of Florida (US)

      Scabies   
      Scabies info - New York State Dept. of Health (US)
      Scabies - CDC (US)
      About Pediculosis and Scabies [Flinders and de Schweinit] - AAFP, Jan 2004
      Scabies rash , photo - Orphan Doctor
      A case of Atypical Crusted Scabies - DOJ, 8/2, 2002
      Acropustulosis of Infancy [H Pride] - eMedicine
      A 25-year-old man with generalized itching .. (scabies) [Vano-Galvan and Moreno-Martin] - CCMJ, Jul 2008
      Medication for Scabies? - Dr Greene, and on Drug treatment of scabies - The Cochrane Library (UK)
      Picture of Scabies infection (wrist) - Univ of Utah (US) and another picture (hands) - JHMI (US)


     Myiasis   
     Brief explanation of Myiasis - Torino (IT)
     Bot Flies, aka Torsalo or Dermatobia hominis - Belize, a Case of Intestinal Myiasis , MMWR, Mar 1985 - CDC
     Myiasis: a poster by DM Raymondo - Ottawa (CA)
     Furuncular Myiasis - DermIS, U of Erlangen (DE)


    Larva Migrans   
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    Leishmaniasis   
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    Onchocerciasis   
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   Zoonoses   
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