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Journal of Parasitology. J. Parasitol. The Journal of Parasitology is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on parasites published bimonthly by Allen Press on behalf of the American Society of Parasitologists. Content includes research articles, brief research notes, announcements of the society, and book reviews.
Two infectious diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox in humans, and rinderpest in ruminants. There are four ongoing programs, targeting the human diseases poliomyelitis (polio), yaws, dracunculiasis (Guinea worm), and malaria. Five more infectious diseases have been identified as of April 2008 as potentially eradicable with current technology by the Carter Center International ...
A parasitic disease, also known as parasitosis, is an infectious disease caused by parasites. [1] Parasites are organisms which derive sustenance from its host while causing it harm. [2] The study of parasites and parasitic diseases is known as parasitology. [3] Medical parasitology is concerned with three major groups of parasites: parasitic ...
Parasitology is the study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them. As a biological discipline, the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in question but by their way of life.
The Carter Center is a nongovernmental, not-for-profit organization founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. He and his wife Rosalynn Carter partnered with Emory University after his defeat in the 1980 United States presidential election.
Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is a disease caused by infection with the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus. [ 1 ] Symptoms include severe itching, bumps under the skin, and blindness. [ 1 ] It is the second-most common cause of blindness due to infection, after trachoma. [ 6 ]
Joseph Amon grew up in New Jersey and obtained an undergraduate degree in 1991 from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts [citation needed]. He studied parasitology and tropical medicine, [3] gaining his masters from Tulane University in 1994 and doctorate from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 2002 [citation ...
Sparganosis is a parasitic infection caused by the plerocercoid larvae of the genus Spirometra including S. mansoni, S. ranarum, S. mansonoides and S. erinacei. [1][2] It was first described by Patrick Manson in 1882, [3] and the first human case was reported by Charles Wardell Stiles from Florida in 1908. [4] The infection is transmitted by ingestion of contaminated water, ingestion of a ...