Parasitic Diseases

Follow the links below to find information about parasitic diseases, including protozoan infections, ectoparasitic infestations and helminthiasis.

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Ectoparasitic Infestations
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Links to information about ectoparasitic infestations, including lice and scabies.
Helminthiasis
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Links to information about helminthiasis, including hydatid and nematode infestions, and schistosomiasis.
Protozoan Infections
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Links to information on protozoan infections, including toxoplasmosis, trichomoniasis, cryptosporidiosis, giardia and malaria.
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Title:   Interventions for trichomoniasis in pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Trichomoniasis is a very common sexually transmitted infection. Symptoms include vaginal itching and discharge. It is not clear if pregnant women with trichomoniasis are more likely to give birth preterm, or have other pregnancy complications. The revie...
Date:   May 2002
Title:   Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) questionnaire for sponsors
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This questionnaire has been designed by the TGA in consultation with Australian industry bodies to facilitate the collection of data to enable Sponsors to self-certify their therapeutic goods against the TGA's 'Supplementary requirements for therapeutic goods for minimising the risk of transmitting transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE)'.
Date:   Dec 2004
Title:   Supplementary requirements for therapeutic goods for minimising the risk of transmitting Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This documents provides guidance on the management of TSE risks associated with putatively low-risk ingredients currently listed in Category IV of the EMEA Guidelines.
Date:   Dec 2004
Title:   TGA approach to minimising the risk of exposure to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) through medicines and medical devices
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   TSEs, caused by agents known as prions, include scrapie in sheep and goats, chronic wasting disease in deer, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, and Kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD) in humans.
Date:   Dec 2004
Title:   Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about Avian Influenza or Bird Flu.
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Treatments for toxoplasmosis in pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Toxoplasmosis is a widespread parasitic disease that usually causes no symptoms. However, infection in pregnant women may cause infection in the baby, resulting in possible mental disability and blindness. The risk to the baby is related to the gestatio...
Date:   May 1999
Title:   Preventing dog bites and other problems with pets
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   This document provides a guide to health problems which pets can pass on to humans and suggestions on how to avoid dog bites.
Date:   Dec 1996
Title:   Infectious Diseases
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information on infectious or communicable diseases, including viruses, parasitic, fungal and bacterial infections.
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   Avian influenza ('Bird flu')
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   An epidemic of severe influenza amongst flocks of poultry was identified in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in December 2003 and spread to several other Asian countries including Vietnam, Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, China, Laos and Indonesia. The virus is called influenza A H5N1.
Date:   Apr 2004
Title:   A guide to the use of australian native mammals in biomedical research - including sections 1-3
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   Native mammals often have specific needs that differ from the purpose bred laboratory animal species. This guide outlines some of those needs, including general considerations, diet and anaesthetic techniques.
Date:   Jan 1990
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