Links
Here are some useful parasitological and other links.
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Organisations
European Alliance Against Malaria
The European Alliance Against Malaria is a group of organisations based throughout Europe who specialise in the field of global health and poverty.
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W.H.O. Home page
The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health. It was established on 7 April 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.
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CDC Parasitology
Diagnostic website
where there are both instructional and rapid diagnostic help pages.
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Malaria Foundation
This site leads to the Malaria Research Network and other useful links.
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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
The ICZN is reponsible for the Internationl Code of Zoological Nomenclature; the rules by which animal species are named.
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Scientific Societies
The World Federation of Parasitologists
The World Federation of Parasitologists was founded in Warsaw, Poland in 1960. The full members of The Federation consist of scientific organisations concerned with parasitism, mainly national societies related to parasitology or tropical medicine. BSP is a member of the WFP.
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The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
The objectives of the Society are to promote and advance the study, control and prevention of disease in man and other animals in warm climates, to facilitate discussion and the exchange of information among those who are interested in tropical diseases, and generally to promote the work of ...
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Australian Society for Parasitology
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American Society of Parasitologists
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ASTMH
American Society for Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
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Danish Society for Parasitology
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Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine
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Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology
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Funding Agencies
Medical Research Council
The principal UK, public funder of medical research.
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The Wellcome Trust
The principal UK, private funder of medical research.
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Parasitology Departments
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
The first School of Tropical Medicine in the UK
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The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
The UK's largest School of Tropical Medicine.
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Journals
Parasitology
Published by Cambridge University Press
Members of the BSP are eligible for a discount on a personal subscription of this journal.
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Parasites and Vectors
Published by BiomedCentral
An open access, online journal dealing with parasites, parasitic diseases, intermediate hosts and vectors
Trends in Parasitology
Published by Elsevier
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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology
Published on behalf of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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Other Sites
The Natural History Museum
One of the premier research museums in the world
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Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis Seminar 2010
30th March - 1st April 2010
PLEASE NOTE THE UPDATED PROGRAMME, AVAILABLE BELOW.
The biennual Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis Seminar will take place in Cardiff over the period 30th March to April 1st 2010, with registration on Monday 29th March.
The programme for the Seminar is currently being drawn up (for more information see poster, linked below), it is envisaged that it will not differ greatly from the previous highly successful Seminar in Newcastle in 2008 and also draw on the Woods Hole Kinetoplastid Meeting in 2009. The Seminar organisers for 2010 will be Graham Coombs (graham.coombs@strath.ac.uk) and Karen Grant (k.grant1@lancaster.ac.uk). Please contact them with any suggestions for special sessions or any other aspect of the meeting.
The Seminar will run in parallel with the BSP Spring Meeting (see its web-page on this web-site) Registration and Abstract submission procedures are being shared with the Spring Meeting.
