Trichinella: Food Safety Research Information Office
- Directory of factsheets, reports, press releases, and resources on the parasite and its effects.
- http://fsrio.nal.usda.gov/document_reslist.php?product_id=152
Ascariasis
- Disease fact sheet from the World Health Organization, prepared for World Water Day 2001.
- http://www.worldwaterday.org/2001/disease/ascariasis.html
WHO/OMS: Intestinal Nematodes
- Factsheets and publications.
- http://www.who.int/topics/intestinal_diseases_parasitic/en/
WHO: Water related diseases: Ascariasis
- Factsheet with disease information, distribution, scope of the problem, and prevention.
- http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/ascariasis/en/
Parasitic Roundworm Diseases
- Factsheets on nematodes that infect people.
- http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/roundwor.htm
Toxocariasis: Kidshealth
- Toxocara are common parasites of dogs and cats. When they infect humans, the illness is called toxocariasis or visceral larva migrans.
- http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/parasitic/toxocariasis.html
Ascariasis: Kidshealth
- Factsheet with signs and symptoms, treatment, and tips for prevention.
- http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/parasitic/ascariasis.html
Guinea Worm Disease Facts
- Factsheet with cause, geographic distribution, at risk poulation, symptoms, prevention, and treatment.
- http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/guinea.html
eMedicine - Trichinosis
- Article by L Kristian Arnold, MD.
- http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic612.htm
eMedicine - Toxocariasis
- Article by Sun Huh, MD, PhD.
- http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2293.htm
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Trichinosis
- Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention.
- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000631.htm
Medmicro: Enteric Nematodes of Humans
- Medical and scientific information on the organisms and the diseases they cause.
- http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/ch090.htm
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Hookworm
- Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention.
- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000629.htm
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Ascariasis
- Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention.
- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000628.htm
Guinea Worm or Dracunculiasis: WHO
- Features disease information and status, control activities, and links.
- http://www.who.int/ctd/dracun/index.html
Trichuriasis - CDC DPDx
- Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
- http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Trichuriasis.htm
Strongyloidiasis - CDC DPDx
- Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
- http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Strongyloidiasis.htm
Gnathostomiasis - CDC DPDx
- Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment. Human gnathostomiasis is due to migrating immature worms.
- http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/gnathostomiasis.htm
Capillariasis - CDC DPDx
- Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
- http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Capillariasis.htm
Anisakiasis - CDC DPDx
- nematode Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
- http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Anisakiasis.htm
Angiostrongyliasis - CDC DPDx
- Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
- http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/angiostrongyliasis.htm
Trichinosis - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases
- Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/trichinosis/
Eustrongylides sp. : Bad Bug Book
- Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations, and outbreaks.
- http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap28.html
Anisakis simplex and related worms: Bad Bug Book
- Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations, and outbreaks.
- http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap25.html
Ascaris lumbricoides
- Includes images, life cycle, and the pathology the nematode causes.
- http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~schisto/Nematodes/Ascaris.html
Anisakiasis
- Humans are infected by consuming raw or undercooked fish. Features symptoms, effects on the body, and cause of the disease.
- http://www.tmd.ac.jp/med/mzoo/vlm/anisakiasis.html