DPDx - Laboratory Identification of Parasitic Diseases of Public Health Concern

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CD Products

DPDx offers several CDs for education and training. To go to a description of the CD that you are interested in, please click on the titles listed on the left navigation bar.

DPDx CD-ROM, Fifth Edition (January, 2012)

The DPDx CD-ROM, Fifth Edition, features the same high quality images of parasites and summaries of parasitic diseases as found on the DPDx Web site and is available free of charge. The Fifth Edition includes updated information on treatment and diagnostic procedures and all Monthly Case Studies archived from December, 1998 through January, 2012.

NOTE: All CD-ROM requests received since January 10, 2012 will receive the new, fifth edition.

If you would like to order a DPDx CD-ROM, please contact us and include your name and COMPLETE mailing address in the email. Orders may also be placed via mail to the address at the bottom of the page.

El CD-ROM DPDx en Español

El CD-ROM DPDx en Español, presenta la misma calidad de imágenes y resúmenes de las enfermedades parasitarias que se encuentran en el sitio de Internet de DPDx y está disponible de forma gratuita. El CD-ROM incluye una serie de preguntas interactivas, cuatro años de casos de estudio en forma de archivo, y las ediciones agotadas de los manuales de CDC para el diagnóstico de infecciones parasitarias.

Si usted desea ordenar el CD-ROM DPDx en Español, por favor contáctenos incluyendo su nombre y dirección completos en el texto de su correo electrónico. También se pueden solicitar los CD-ROM vía correo a la dirección que está en la parte inferior de esta página.

The Primate Malarias CD

DPDx offers The Primate Malarias CD-ROM from the Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (DPDM) at CDC. The CD-ROM is an electronic version of the now out-of-print book that was published in 1971, authored by G. Robert Coatney, William E. Collins, McWilson Warren, and Peter G. Contacos; permission to reproduce this book was granted by the authors. The book summarizes knowledge on different species of Plasmodium that develop in nonhuman primates. It has served as a foundation for subsequent investigations on these parasites, their primate hosts, and their mosquito vectors. DPDM has made this electronic version available to the scientific community in hopes that it will stimulate and support continued interest in these parasites and their contribution to the understanding and control of malaria.

You can order The Primate Malarias CD-ROM free of charge through the DPDx Web site. Please contact us and include your name and COMPLETE mailing address in the email. Orders may also be placed via mail to the address listed at the bottom of the page.

Pictorial Keys CD

DPDx is proud to collaborate with the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases in distributing the Pictorial Keys: Arthropods, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals of Public Health Significance CD-ROM*. The CD-ROM is an electronic version of the now out-of-print 1969 Public Health Service publication. Identification of disease vectors is crucial for effective vector surveillance; these pictorial keys are useful training tools for persons who do not have advanced knowledge in vector and animal reservoir taxonomy. Ectoparasites such as mites and lice, and vectors such as triatomine bugs, ticks, and mosquitoes, are included in this publication.

*Please note that this CD-ROM covers species common in the United States only.

You can order Pictorial Keys: Arthropods, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals of Public Health Significance free of charge through the DPDx Web site. Please contact us and include your name and COMPLETE mailing address in the email. Orders may also be placed via mail to the address listed at the bottom of the page.