society for parasitology

links

Here are some useful parasitological and other links.

If you discover that a link is no longer functioning or you would like to suggest a link to a site that you find particularly useful, please e-mail us at webmaster@bsp.uk.net

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.

http://www.europeanallianceagainstmalaria.org/.

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.

http://www.who.int/

CDC Parasitology Diagnostic Website

Where there are both instructional and rapid diagnostic help pages

http://www.iowapublichealth.org/xr/ASPX/RecordId.12309/rx/IphiRecordDetails.htm

Malaria Foundation

This site leads to the Malaria Research Network and other useful links.

http://www.malaria.org/

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature

The ICZN is reponsible for the Internationl Code of Zoological Nomenclature; the rules by which animal species are named.

http://www.iczn.org/

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.

http://www.wfpnet.org

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 ...

http://www.rstmh.org/

Australian Society for Parasitology

Australian Society for Parasitology

http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/biogs/A001659b.htm

American Society of Parasitologists

American Society of Parasitologists

http://asp.unl.edu/

ASTMH

American Society for Tropical Medicine & Hygiene

http://www.astmh.org/

Danish Society for Parasitology

Danish Society for Parasitology

http://www.dsp.kvl.dk/

Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology

Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology

http://www.hi.is/pub/sbsp/

Funding Agencies

Medical Research Council

The principal UK, public funder of medical research.

http://www.mrc.ac.uk

The Wellcome Trust

The principal UK, private funder of medical research.

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk

Parasitology Departments/Departmental Pages

The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

The first School of Tropical Medicine in the UK

http://www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

The UK's largest School of Tropical Medicine.

http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/

Journals

Parasitology

Publised by Cambridge University Press. Members of the BSP are eligible for a discount on a personal subscription of this journal.

http://journals.cambridge.org/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=0&500002REQSUB=&REQSTR1=Parasitology

Trends in Parasitology

Published by Elsevier.

http://www.trends.com/pt/default.htm

Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology

Published on behalf of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

http://www.maney.co.uk/journals/atmp

Other Sites

The Natural History Museum

One of the premier research museums in the world

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/