title: Parasitology resources on the World Wide Web: a powerful tool for infectious disease practitioners.
abstract: We summarize representative and dependable English-language Web sites that focus on parasitic infections, selected on the basis of high-quality content and usability. Web sites were categorized according to users' interests, as follows: Web sites with information for clinicians (pathogenesis, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of parasitic infections); Web sites with information for epidemiologists; Web sites with information for educators; and Web sites with information for researchers. At least 60 Web sites were identified that contained comprehensive and high-quality information about helminths and protozoa. These Internet resources provide invaluable information for the infectious disease practitioner.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, Microbiología e Inmunología Clínicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. cfranco@sph.emory.edu
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Franco-Paredes
authors.forename: José Ignacio
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D004346:Drug Information Services; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008490:Medical Informatics; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000469:parasitology