Parasitic Disease Information – Zoonotic Disease Information
The often neglected infections associated with poverty are parasitic, viral and bacterial infections which disproportionately affect poor populations in the U.S. These types of infections are generally considered neglected because little attention is normally devoted to prevention and/or
treatment of these types of infections.
Parasitic Diseases A to Z
Please select from the following or simply scroll down to see the items available:
- Parasitic Diseases A – D
- Parasitic Diseases E – N
- Parasitic Diseases O – T
- Parasitic Diseases U – Z (including Zoonotic Diseases)
Parasitic Diseases A – D
- African Sleeping Sickness – East African Trypanosomiasis
- African Sleeping Sickness – West African Trypanosomiasis
- Alveolar Echinococcosis (Hydatid Disease)
- American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease)
- Ascariasis (Ascaris Infection, Intestinal Roundworms)
- Baylisascaris Infection – Raccoon Roundworm Infection
- Bilharzia (Schistosomiasis)
- Cercarial dermatitis (Swimmer’s Itch)
- Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis)
- Chilomastix mesnili Infection – Nonpathogenic (Harmless) Intestinal Protozoa
- Cyclospora Infection (Cyclosporiasis)
- Dientamoeba fragilis Infection
- Dipylidium caninum Infection (dog or cat tapeworm infection)
- Dracunculiasis – Guinea Worm Disease
- Dog tapeworm (Dipylidium caninum Infection)
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Parasitic Diseases E – N
- Echinococcosis (Alveolar Echinococcosis, Hydatid Disease)
- Endolimax nana Infection (Nonpathogenic Intestinal Protozoa)
- Entamoeba coli Infection (Nonpathogenic Intestinal Protozoa)
- Entamoeba dispar Infection (Nonpathogenic Intestinal Protozoa)
- Entamoeba hartmanni Infection (Nonpathogenic Intestinal Protozoa)
- Hookworms – What Every Pet Owner Should Know
- Hydatid Disease (Alveolar Echinococcosis)
- Hymenolepiasis (Hymenolepis Infection)
- Intestinal Roundworms (Ascariasis, Ascaris Infection)
- Iodamoeba buetschlii Infection (Nonpathogenic Intestinal Protozoa)
- Naegleria Infection (Spanish)
- Nonpathogenic (Harmless) Intestinal Protozoa
Parasitic Diseases O – T
- Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)
- Raccoon Roundworm Infection (Baylisascaris Infection)
- River Blindness (Onchocerciasis)
- Roundworms – What Every Pet Owner Should Know
- Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia)
- Sleeping Sickness (Trypanosomiasis, East African African Sleeping Sickness)
- Sleeping Sickness (Trypanosomiasis, West African African Sleeping Sickness)
- Swimmer’s Itch (Cercarial dermatitis)
- Trypanosomiasis (East African African Sleeping Sickness)
- Trypanosomiasis (West African African Sleeping Sickness)
- Toxoplasmosis
- Trichinellosis (Trichinosis)
- Trichinosis (Trichinellosis)
- Trichomoniasis (Trichomonas Infection)
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Parasitic Diseases U – Z
Zoonotic Diseases (Diseases spread from animals to people)
- What Every Pet Owner Should Know About Roundworms and Hookworms
- Birds and Your Health
- Cats and Your Health
- Questions You May Have About Your Cat and Your Health
- Toxoplasmosis
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- Guidelines for Veterinarians: Prevention of Zoonotic Transmission of Ascarids and
Hookworms of Dogs and Cats - An Ounce of Prevention
- Healthy Pets, Healthy People
- Rabies
- Reptiles and Your Health
Parasitic Disease Information: Source
The parasitic disease handouts and informational resources were provide by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC offers a large selection of materials related to parasitic diseases. Following is a link to the Parasitic Disease section of their website:
Parasitic Diseases