Useful Links

Here are a range of links to useful websites for those interested in Parasitology.  They include parasitology societies around the world, academic journals, funding agencies, career guides, and organisations such as the WHO and CDC.  If there are any sites that you think it would be useful to add please let us know.

American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists

The American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists (AAVP) was founded in 1956 and is affiliated with the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). AAVP is a scientific and educational organization with approximately 450 members. Most members are from the United States and Canada. About 10% of members are from other countries outside of North America. Members of AAVP are teachers, students, scientists, veterinarians and others interested in parasites of companion, food-producing, and other domesticated animals and wildlife, some of which are transmissible to humans. Most members of AAVP work in academia, industry, government or private practice. Members of AAVP study these parasites to ultimately find new or better ways to diagnose, prevent, treat, or reduce infections in animals and in humans. AAVP holds an annual scientific meeting in July of each year, in association with the AVMA, at which time members and invited guests present their latest findings and updates on a variety of animal parasites and the diseases they cause.

American Heartworm Society

Founded During The Heartworm Symposium Of 1974, The American Heartworm Society Aims To: Further scientific progress in the study of heartworm disease Inform the membership of new developments Encourage and help promote effective procedures for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of heartworm disease

Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology

Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Published on behalf of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Australian Society for Parasitology

The Australian Society for Parasitology was founded on the 19th of January 1964 to foster association of persons interested in parasitology, foster establishment and proper curation of collections of Australian parasites and by facilitating intercourse and discussion, promote investigation and advance the knowledge of parasitology.

Belgian Society of Parasitology and Protistology (BSPP)

The Belgian Society for Parasitology (established on 10 February 1962 in Antwerp) and the Belgian Society of Protozoology merged on 19 February 2013 to form the Belgian Society for Parasitology and Protistology (BSPP). The aim of the new BSPP is to promote collaboration between researchers in Parasitology and Protistology at national and international level and support young scientists in the development of their career.

Brazilian Society for Protozoology (SBPz)

The Brazilian Society for Protozoology (SBPz) is the largest academic society representing parasitologists in South America. The society has a reciprocal aggrement with the BSP to charge members of both societies discounted member-only rates for their respective annual meetings in Brazil and the UK.

British Association of Veterinary Parasitology (BAVP)

The British Association for Veterinary Parasitology was established in the early 90s to further all aspects of veterinary parasitology through teaching, research and collaboration.

British Ecological Society Special Interest Group - Parasite and Pathogen Ecology and Evolution

Bulgarian Society for Parasitology

Bulgarian Society for Parasitology is a successor of the Society of Parasitologists in Bulgaria (established in 1965). This society organised five national conferences of parasitology between 1968 and 1987, which were also attended by numerous foreign parasitologists. After 1990, the activities of the society were interrupted for some 10 years. On the 14th October 1999, the General Assembly of the Society of Parasitologists in Bulgaria renewed its activities. We adopted a new name, Bulgarian Society for Parasitology. The current bylaws of the society were accepted in 2002. In 2007, 82 Bulgarian parasitologists were members of the Bulgarian Society for Parasitology. Bulgarian Society for Parasitology is a member of European Federation of Parasitologists and World Federation of Parasitologists. Since 2001, the Bulgarian Society for Parasitology is an associated collective member of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria.

Canadian Society of Zoologists,Parasitology Section

The Parasitology Section of the Canadian Society of Zoologists (CSZ) was established in 1974 to promote and advance the study of parasitic organisms and facilitate the exchange of information among parasitologists in Canada. It is the only national organization of parasitologists in Canada.

Career Options with a Masters in Global Health

This guide provides details on the education, skill requirements and job opportunities regarding a Master’s Degree in Global Health.

Czech Society for Parasitology

Czech parasitologists have formerly been organized together with Slovak ones within the Czechoslovak Society for Parasitology which was founded in 1959. As the former Czechoslovak Republic has been split into two independent states in January 1993, a new Czech Society for Parasitology was established in June 1993. The Society is a member of the European Federation of Parasitologists and the World Federation of Parasitologists. Members of the Society (180 members in January 2003) assert their activity in basic and applied research, teaching at universities, hygienic services, human and veterinary diagnostic laboratories, and other institutions where knowledge of parasites is required. The Society includes three sections: protozoology, helminthology, and medical parazitology.

Dutch Society for Parasitology (NVP)

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases, (EID)

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases, (EID), the new organisation hub for all researchers in infectious diseases across the University of Edinburgh, and associated research institutes and hospitals. EID is led by its director Professor Rick Maizels, FRSE. As of September 2102 we have over 130 principle investigators, and a total of over 700 active researchers, with interests across the spectrum of infectious disease science and clinical medicine at Edinburgh.

Entomological Society of America

The Entomological Society of America (ESA) is the largest organization in the world serving the professional and scientific needs of entomologists and people in related disciplines. Founded in 1889, ESA today has more than 5,700 members affiliated with educational institutions, health agencies, private industry, and government.

European Federation of Parasitologists

The European Federation of Parasitologists was founded on November, 14, 1966 in Jablonna, Poland. The initiator of the European Federation was Pr Witold Stefanski, well-known Polish parasitologist and director of the Institute of Parasitology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. The first European Multicolloquium of Parasitology was organised by Pr Jean Marie Doby in Rennes, France (1-4 September 1971). Subsequent EMOPs were organised by the EFP since the first one : *EMOP2(II) Trogyr, Yugoslavia, 1-6 September 1975 *EMOP3(IIV) Cambridge, UK, 7-13 September 1980 * EMOP4(IV) Izmir, Turkey, 14-19 October 1984 * EMOP5(V) Budapest, Hungary, 4-9 September 1988 * EMOP6(VI) The Hague, The Netherlands, 7-11 September 1992 * EMOP7(VII) Parma, Italy, 2-6 September 1996 * EMOP8(IIX) Poznan, Poland, 10-14 September 2000 *EMOP 9(IX) Valencia, Spain, 18-23 July 2004 * EMOP 10(X) Paris, France, 24-28 August 2008 *EMOP11(XI) Bucarest,Romania, 2012

German Society for Parasitology (GSP)

The DGP is an association of all scientists interested in parasitology, working in the fields of zoology and botany, medicine, in particular tropical medicine, microbiology and hygiene, veterinary medicine, plant protection and pest control.

Helminthological Society of Washington

The Helminthological Society of Washington, the prototype scientific organization for parasitological research in North America was founded in 1910 by a devoted group of parasitologists in Washington, D.C. Forging a niche in national and international parasitology over the past century, the Society focuses on comparative research, emphasizing taxonomy, systematics, ecology, biogeography and faunal survey inventory within a morphological and molecular foundation. Interdisciplinary and crosscutting, comparative parasitology links contemporary biodiversity studies with historical approaches to biogeography, ecology and coevolution within a cohesive framework

Indian Society of Parasitology

Established in 1973 under the Societies Act XXI, 1860, The Indian Society for Parasitology (ISP) has the major objectives of bringing parasitologists of different disciplines under one umbrella to advance knowledge in this vital area concerning human and animal health. Over the years, the Society has carved a niche for itself by providing a common platform to research scientists, clinicians, field biologists, academicians and all others involved in parasitology or tropical medicine to share and exchange their knowledge and observations. The Society is affiliated with the World Federation of Parasitologists and has over 600 life members at present. A duly elected Executive Committee governs the affairs of the ISP according to its Bye Laws and Constitution.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature

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

Italian Society of Parasitology

Italian Language Site

Japanese Society of Parasitology

The Japanese Society of Parasitology was established at the first general assembly on April 5th 1929 at Tokyo Univ. The first President was Prof. S. Goto. Then in the following year, the JSP jointed to the Japanese Association of Medical Sciences as a section meeting. Thereafter, the JSP continued to hold annual meeting except for 1944-1946, and published official organ, Parasitology International, formerly the Japanese Journal of Parasitology. Regional sections were inaugurated since 1947 and now four regional sections are holding their each annual meeting in autumn. Parasitological research in Japan had contributed more than a little to the development of the Parasitology since the era of Meiji which started in 1868. The achievement was introduced in "Progress of Medical Parasitology in Japan" published by the Meguro Parasitological Museum in 1964. Number of the membership is now 891, including various fields from basic research to company. The view of the JSP is to promote various fields of scientific researches on parasites and parasitology, and to develop and spread the knowledge worldwide. The JSP issues an official organ, Parasitology International, four times a year and holds annual meeting in early April.