NOTE: CDC's DPDx webpage for Laboratory Identification of Parasites of Public Health Concern has been moved to https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/index.html. See the Parasites A-Z Index to locate diagnostics for a parasite.
A fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control that describes the three types of infection caused by the parasite. Biology, diagnosis and treatment are also described.
Fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control including the biology of N. fowleri, and the diagnosis and treatment of primary amebic meningoencephalitis.
This media center from the World Health Organization provides key data on sleeping sickness and describes the two forms caused by variants of Trypanosoma brucei.
A fact sheet from the Centers for Diasease Control about the disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi when transmitted by insects. Chagas was the Brazilian doctor who discovered the disease.