Internet Resources

• Centers for Disease Control. Infectious diseases listed from A to Z with links to more information.
• World Health Organization. Infectious diseases listed from A to Z with links to more information.
• World Health Organization Tropical Disease Research. Emphasizes infectious diseases of concern in tropical areas, including many of those that we will discuss.

The following is a list of suggested reading for those of you seeking more information on the impact of parasites on public health. This is not required reading for the course!

Kidder, T. 2003. Mountains Beyond Mountains: Healing the World: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer. Random House.

Kingsolver, B. 1998. Poisonwood Bible. Harper Perennial Library, New York.

Desowitz, R.S. 1997. Who Gave Pinta to the Santa Maria? Torrid Diseases in a Temperate World. New York , New York: W.W. Norton

Litsios, Socrates. 1996. The Tomorrow of Malaria. Pacific Press, New Zealand.

Garrett, L. 1994. The Coming Plague. Penguin Books, New York.Preston , R. 1994. The Hot Zone. New York : Random House.

Desowitz, R.S. 1991. The Great Malaria Capers: More Tales of Parasites and People, Research and Reality. New York, New York : W.W. Norton

Shilts, R. 1987. And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic. ISBN: 0-312-24135-6.

Desowitz , R.S. 1987. New Guinea Tape Worms and Jewish Grandmothers: Tales of Parasites and People. New York, New York : W.W. Norton

Fuller, J.G. 1974. Fever! The Hunt for a New Killer Virus. New York, Reader's Digest Press; distributed by Dutton, 1974.

Zinsser , H. 1935. Rats, Lice and History. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, Little, Brown and Company.