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Screwworm

admin — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:59:24 +0000

In the 1950s, the screwworm fly was eradicated from the Caribbean island of Curacao using males sterilised by radiation.

Lice(Nitzsch,Christian Ludwig)

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:48:38 +0000

(September 3, 1782 – August 16, 1837)He was a German zoologist.

He was professor of zoology at the University of Halle. While his primary interest lay in Ornithology, Nitzsch published studies on other topics, including Diatoms (the diatom genus Nitzchia is named after him).

He is also widely credited with producing the first systematic zoological studies of lice, Nitzsch Ch. L., Darstellung der Familien und Gattungen der Thierinsecten (insecta epizoica). Magazin fur die Entomologie, Germar, Zincken, Bd.3 (1818).

Mesocestoides corti

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:28:37 +0000

1925-It was first described from the Intestine of Mice by Hoeppli (Ref. : Etges, F.J. ,Marinakis ,V., 1991)

Mesocestoides lineatus

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:57:04 +0000

It was found in Dogs by Goeze in 1782 (Ref. : Eom, K.S. et al , 1992)

Schistosoma japonicum

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:40:41 +0000

1904- Adult was found Katsurada

Wuchereria bancrofti

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:26:19 +0000

1876- Adults were found in Lymph glands by Bancroft ,surprisingly in Australia

Echinococcus granulosus

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:03:05 +0000

1852- Life cycle of Echinococcus granulosus was determined by Von Siebold

Schistosoma haematobium

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:57:52 +0000

1851- Adult worms were found in the vesical veins bu Bilharz in Cairo

Babesia

ali — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:47:43 +0000

-It was seen for the first time by Bob in Romania ,inside cattle rbs in 1888

Leishmaniasis

ali — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:20:31 +0000

-Ibn Sina (Avicenna) wrote of it as Balkh Sore