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LATIN AMERICA-MEDICINE, MEDICAL AND HEALTH ISSUES

• Action Against Infection

• American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene

• American Society of Parasitologists (ASP)

• American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)

• Anopheles.com - Malaria Ticks Away...

• Armchair World: Malaria and Lariam

• Asociación Latinoamericana de Diabetes

• Asociación Lucha Contra el Mal de Chagas - Association in the struggle against Chagas.

• BBC: Malaria drug scare may have endangered lives

• Base de Dados Tropical (BDT, Brazil)

• BIREME - the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information

• Blood transfusion

• British Medical Journal - Comparison of adverse events associated with use of mefloquine and combination of chloroquine and proguanil as antimalarial prophylaxis: postal and telephone survey of travellers

• British Medical Journal - Incidence Of Side Effects From Prophylactic Drugs

• British Medical Journal - Malaria at Christmas: risks of prophylaxis versus risks of malaria -

• British Medical Journal - Letters: Prophylaxis against malaria

• British Medical Journal - Mefloquine to prevent malaria: a systematic review of trials -

• British Medical Journal

• British Society for Parasitology 

• CCREPI - Sanitary Conditions data base

• (CT) HIV Drug May Combat Chagas' Disease

• Canadian Society for International Health (CSIH)

• CDC Travel Guide on Malaria

• CNN 27 December 1999 - Preventing malaria: To take Lariam or not?

• Chagas- The kiss of Death- Very good information however no sources noted or address for contact information.

• Chagas

• Chagas disease: Applied Field Research - Regional Initiatives

• Chagas - AAAS - article funded in part by the Rockefeller Foundation

• Chagas- IAMAT  - Excellent article especially for hikers.

• Chagas - WHO article- good general source. 

• Common intestinal parasites - Practical Therapeutics - Intestinal parasites cause significant morbidity and mortality throughout the world, particularly in undeveloped countries and in persons with comorbidities.

• Cystercosis

• Cystercosis

• Cystercosis

• Cysticercosis - Bovine

• Cystercosis - Chest: Seizures and soft-tissue calcifications in a Hispanic woman

• Cysticercosis in labial tissue. Case report pdf

• Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED)

• Communicable Diseases Information Resources - WHO

• Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (CSR)

• Current Views on Malaria Prophylaxis - A Review Article

• Dengue emergence and adaptation to peridomestic mosquitoes- Dengue is caused by any of four antigenically distinct serotypes of dengue virus (DENV), family Flaviviridae. An estimated 100 million annual dengue cases occur each year in tropical cities, in which more than 2.5 billion people (almost half of the global population) are at risk (1). Infection with one DENV serotype confers lifelong protection against homologous reinfection, while a subsequent heterologous infection increases the likelihood of a more severe form of the disease (2-4).

• Dengue Fever

• Dengue Fever- CNN 

• Dengue Fever Quiz

• DESASTRES - Database

• Disease Information - Other Insect Transmitted Diseases

• Disease Outbreak News

• Drug InfoNet: Answers to "Frequently Asked Questions" - Lariam -

• Escape Mag - Malaria's Not So Magic Bullet

• eHealth Latin America

• Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal - CDC

• Emerging Infections of International Public Health Importance

• Environmental Health Project - Some good articles on health in Latin America.

• Ethnomedicine 

• Filariasis

• Filariasis - Geographical occurence

• Filariasis.net - lymphatic filariasis knowledge base

• Fit for travel

• Health Canada - Misconceptions about Malaria and Mefloquine

• Heart Disease in Latin America

• High Altitude Sickness

• Insight", SBS TV Australia, 17 Feb 2000 - Larium Discussion

• International Medical Informatics Association - Federation for Latin America and the Caribbean -

• Journal of tropical pediatrics

• Larium - Great Article

• Larium

• Larium Files Washington Post, 10 Oct 2000: - Excellent Article

• Lariam (Mefloquine)

• Lariam (mefloquine) Info Page

• Lariam Action USA

• Larium Mefloquine Controversy: Rodale's Scuba Diving Dive Medicine

• LATS - Latin American Thyroid Society

• Mefloquine prophylaxis: an overview of spontaneous reports of severe psychiatric reactions and convulsions

• Latin America: Emerging Markets For Botanicals, Organics

• Larium Docnet Discussion: "1 year of side effects after Lariam treatment"

• Larium Links List - Good sources.

• Larium studies

• Lariam Survey - 1997

• LEYES - Database on legislation

• LILACS - Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature

• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

• Links zum Thema Malaria und Prophylaxe

• Malaria.org

• Malaria

• Malaria Centre

• Malaria Control in a Nutshell

• Malaria Consortium

• Malaria Database

• Malaria Debate

• Malaria for the Layman

• Malaria Links Page - Very good site

• Malaria Reference Laboratory

• Malaria & Tropical Disease Weekly

• Malaria , WHO/TDR - Highly Recommended

• Malaria Update - Very good information from Great Britain- discusses new drug Malarone

• MedCarib - Caribbean Health Sciences literature

• Mefloquin-side-effect and Lariam-side-effect

• Mosquito-borne Illnesses expand

• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

• Parasitology Online

• Potential risk for dengue hemorrhagic fever

• Practice of traditional medicine in Latin America  -   pdf

• Preferred prophylaxis varies by region

• Preventing mosquito bites 

• ProMED (Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases) - Excellent Group

• Public Health Laboratory Service

• Quinine

• Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública - Pan American journal of public health

• Review Of Trials Confirms Toxicity Of Lariam

• Rico-Hesse R. Molecular evolution and distribution of dengue virus type 1 and 2 in nature.

• Roche Larium Manufacturer

• Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

• Rotary Against Malaria (RAM) 

• A shot in the arm could save your vacation - While some vaccinations are required before entering a country, many are left to the traveler's discretion. Most travelers take for granted that they won't get sick.

• Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases - Communicable diseases account for approximately 25% of deaths in most Latin American and Caribbean countries; illness from communicable diseases reaches 40% in developing countries. Mainly affected are poor women in rural areas.

• Steps for preventing infectious diseases in women

• Sysmex Corporation of America - Newsroom - Seller of equipment for diagnosing dengue fever.

• TDR image library - Excellent site - Great database of images.   

• Tending to Pan American Health - PAHO is at a critical juncture. Its director is embroiled in a serious controversy over allegations of corruption, employees have been accused of wrongdoing and staffers complain of a hostile workplace.

• The Times: Weekend: I think I'd rather have malaria

• The Times: Weekend: How I survived malaria

• Travel immunizations - Immunizations and preventive medicines are key parts of travel preparation, and careful attention to them can reduce the risks of infections acquired while abroad. Travel vaccines generally fall into one of three categories.

• Travel Medicine, Health Canada

• Traveler's guide to avoiding infectious diseases

• Tropical Diseases II - Information from CASKE 2000 a travelogue.

• Tropical Diseases

• Tropical Diseases - WHO

• Tropical Diseases Web Ring

• Tropical Medical Bureau

• Vaccine Research & Development (WHO) : Dengue

• Yahoo! - Many Quit Malaria Drug Due to Side Effects

• Yale Emerging Infections Information Program
• Map : Yellow fever endemic zone in the Americas - WHO
• Yellow fever
• Yellow Fever - Netdoctor
• Yellow Fever Links Resources - UK
• Yellow Fever Travelhealth.com - Yellow Fever Immunization Centers
• Victimes du Lariam en Suisse
• World Health Organization (WHO}