Microbes, infectious diseases and the causal relationship that links them
Coffee alert: diseases affecting the coffee crop are already affecting global coffee production, but what about the people who work on the coffee harvest? They are at risk of exposure to tropical infections including a collection of neglected tropical diseases
Tweet Leishmaniasis: 5 point summary of highlights, further details in leishmaniasis module of Tropical Medicine teaching series parasitic infection transmitted by the bite of a sandfly distinct skin, mucocutaneous & visceral forms of infection are known leishmaniasis is present in one or more of its forms in the Indian Subcontinent, the Middle East & Mediterranean rim, Central [...]
A short revision course in tropical medicine & travel health.
Notes from the Parasitology & Tropical Medicine Masterclass, RMIT, Melbourne, 2010 with links to key supplementary sources of information.
When the wind blows .. the cradle will rock. So the rhyme goes, reminding us that the elements are indiscriminate in their destructive … [More...]
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Clinical Parasitology This list captures a typical top ten common enteric parasites of medical importance, though the order of importance … [More...]
