Infectious Diseases
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- ICT-TROP - Parasitology BIOL 2272: The Leishmaniases
- Summary information plus clickable slides, references and world maps. From Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology, Research Unit for Tropical Diseases.
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- Leishmania Surveillance in the Neapolitan
- Information on a study of this disease in dogs in the United States, with instructions to dog owners on sending samples. [PDF]
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- MicrobeWiki: Leishmania
- Description and significance, genome structure, cell structure, metabolism and ecology.
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- Third Cost B9 Congress
- Seminars on trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis held in Bruges, Belgium on 29-31 May 2000. Sponsored by European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST).
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- Visceral Leishmaniasis: Cytological Alterations that Occur in the Bone Marrow Parenchima
- Paper by Nivaldo Madeiros who studied 100 patients with visceral leishmaniasis whose bone marrow aspirate analysis disclosed the protozoan, Leishmania donovani.
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- WHO - Leishmaniasis
- Provides information on the disease and its impact, surveillance and control, epidemic response, research, fact sheets, information resources and publications. From the World Health Organization.
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- WHO/TDR - Leishmaniasis
- Provides news, project reports, highlights, progress, publications, workplans, research grants and resources. From the World Health Organization, Tropical Disease Research and Training.
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- Wikipedia - Leishmaniasis
- Hyperlinked encyclopedia article about the parasitic disease and its treatment.
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- Carter Center Lymphatic Filariasis Program
- Provides information on this disease and the program for its elimination being undertaken in Nigeria.
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- Global Alliance to Eliiminate Lymphatic Filariasis
- Describes the disease, its epidemiology (including countries where it is endemic), prevention, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment; and international efforts to eradicate it.
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- TDR: Lymphatic Filariasis
- Provides information on the research being undertaken into this chronic disease.
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- WHO: Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis
- Provides information on the progress of this programme which was launched in 1997 and which is being implemented in 27 countries.
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- WHO: Lymphatic Filariasis
- Provides information on this disease caused by three species of nematode thread-like worms, Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and Brugia timori.