Parasitic disease

Articles

• anisakiasis
  17 December 2003

  anisakiosis

• trichinosis
  20 June 2011

  Digital slides
  UI:654 - Trichinosis
  UI:975 - Trichinosis
  https://twitter.com/ashokparameswar/status/1422076513357238276
  See also
  Trichinella spiralis

• onchocercosis
  17 March 2009

  Digital slides
  UI:990 - Onchocerca volvulus
  Definition: Onchocerca volvulus, a filarial nematode transmitted by black flies, affects more than 17 million people in Africa, South America, and Yemen.
  An aggressive campaign of ivermectin treatment has dramatically reduced the incidence of Onchocerca infection in West Africa; however, O. volvulus remains the second most common preventable cause of blindness in sub-Saharan Africa.
  Adult O. volvulus parasites mate in the dermis, where they (...)

• cutaneous north american brugiasis
  1 February 2010

  See also
  filariases
  brugiasis
  References
  Zoonotic deep cutaneous filariasis—three pediatric cases from Québec, Canada. Kokta V. Pediatr Dermatol. 2008 Mar-Apr;25(2):230-2. PMID: #18429786#
  Zoonotic Brugia infection in western Michigan. Eberhard ML, DeMeester LJ, Martin BW, Lammie PJ. Am J Surg Pathol. 1993 Oct;17(10):1058-61. PMID: #8372943#
  A Brugia species infecting rabbits in the northeastern United States. Eberhard ML, Telford SR 3rd, Spielman A. J Parasitol. 1991 (...)