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Increasing access to comprehensive care for Chagas disease: development of a patient-centered model in Colombia

Marchiol, A; Forsyth, C.; Bernal, O.; et al. Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2017) C_WHO

Rev. Panam Salud Publica. 2017;41:e153. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2017.153 Worldwide, over 6 million people are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the pathogen that causes Chagas disease (CD). In the Americas, CD creates the greatest burden in disability-adjusted life years of any parasitic infection. In Co... more

Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease)

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

About a year after infection, a painful blister forms – 90% of the time on the lower leg – and one or more worms emerge accompanied by a burning sensation. To soothe the burning pain, patients often immerse the infected part of the body in water. The worm(s) then releases thousands of larvae (ba... more

Leptospirosis – Fact Sheet - zoonotic disease with epidemic potential

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease with epidemic potential, especially after a heavy rainfall, caused by a bacterium called Leptospira. Leptospira interrogans is pathogenic to humans and animals, with more than 200 serologic variants or serovars. Humans usually acquire leptospirosis through dire... more

Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease

Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2022) C_WHO

Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease with a wide variety of parasite species, reservoirs, and vectors involved in transmission. It is caused by different species of the protozoa Leishmania and is transmitted to animals and humans through a bite of insects in the Psychodidae family. Its presence i... more

Interruption of transmission and elimination of leprosy disease - Technical guidance

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

This document provides technical guidance on concepts, definitions, indicators, criteria, milestones and tools to assist leprosy programmes in their journey towards the goals of interruption of transmission and elimination of leprosy disease and through the post-elimination period. Importantly, it p... more

Challenges and opportunities for primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of Chagas' disease

Rassi A., Dias J.C.P., Marin-Neto J.a. Heart (2009) C2

A century after its discovery, Chagas' disease still represents a major public health challenge in Latin America. Moreover, because of growing population movements, an increasing number of cases of imported Chagas' disease have now been detected in non-endemic areas, such as North America and some E... more

Cystic Echinococcosis (CE)

Global Health; Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (2020) CC

People who accidentally swallow the eggs of the Echinococcus granulosus tapeworm are at risk for infection. Dogs that eat home-slaughtered sheep and other livestock become infected with the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus and the tapeworm eggs can be found in their stool. Direct contact with infect... more

Parasites - Guinea Worm

Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2003) CC

People with Guinea worm disease (GWD) have no symptoms for about 1 year. Then, the person begins to feel ill. Symptoms can include the following: Slight fever Itchy rash Nausea Vomiting Diarrhea Dizziness A blister then develops. This blister can form anywhere on the skin. However, the blis... more

CDC - Ascariasis

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2023) C2

Website last accessed on 18.03.2023 Education and information about ascariasis, including fact sheets and information on prevention and control, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment.

CDC - DPDx - Tungiasis

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2023) C2

Website last accessed on 18.03.2023

CDC - Hookworm - Website

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2023) C2

Website last accessed on 18.03.2023 Education and information about hookworm including fact sheets and information on prevention and control, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment.

CDC - Leishmaniasis - Prevention & Control

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2023) C2

Websites last accessed on 24.03.2023 Education and information about Leishmaniasis prevention and control.

CDC - Schistosomiasis

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2023) C2

Websites last accessed on 24.03.2023 A parasite is an organism that lives on or in a host and gets its food from or at the expense of its host. Parasites can cause disease in humans.

CDC - Schistosomiasis - Prevention and Control

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2023) C2

Website last accessed on 24.03.2023 A parasite is an organism that lives on or in a host and gets its food from or at the expense of its host. Parasites can cause disease in humans.

CDC - Soil-Transmitted Helminths

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2023) C2

Website last accessed on 24.03.2023 Education and information about Soil-Transmitted Helminths including Human Hookworm, Roundworm and Whipworm.

CDC - Trichuriasis

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2023) C2

Website last accessed on 24.03.2023 A parasite is an organism that lives on or in a host and gets its food from or at the expense of its host. Parasites can cause disease in humans.

CDC Rabies training courses

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2023) C2

Website last accessed in 24.03.2023 CDC provides continuing education for professionals involved in rabies prevention and control. While CDC provides some resources directly, others are offered through partnerships and collaborations with other public health entities. This page contains a collec... more

Fascioliasis - The trematodes Fasciola hepatica

Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC; DPDx-Laboratory Identification of Parasites of Public Health Concern (2019) C_CDC

The trematodes Fasciola hepatica (also known as the common liver fluke or the sheep liver fluke) and Fasciola gigantica are large liver flukes (F. hepatica: up to 30 mm by 15 mm; F. gigantica: up to 75 mm by 15 mm), which are primarily found in domestic and wild ruminants (their main definitive host... more

National Guidelines - Diagnosis, Case Management Prevention and Control of Leptospirosis

National Centre for Disease Control - Delhi (2015) C2

Diagnosis, Case Management Prevention and Control of Leptospirosis

LEPTOSPIROSIS Fact Sheet for Clinicians

Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2018) CC

• Leptospirosis is a disease that is caused by spirochete bacteria in the genus Leptospira. There are 10 pathogenic species, and more than 250 pathogenic serovars. • While leptospirosis occurs worldwide, it is more common in tropical or sub-tropical climates.