[updated 5/21/06]

Create an informative website -- or, in Humbio 103 jargon, a ParaSite! -- dedicated to the parasitic disease, drug, or concept to which you've been assigned. All ParaSites will become part of the Humbio 103 website! The details on what content to include in your site are provided below, along with some useful tips.

Once you have completed your website, compile everything into a folder named after your parasitic disease, then copy the folder onto a CD or DVD, which you will hand in on May 24, 2006. Folder contents should not add up to more than 10MB.

	Your Parasite: Thelaziasis
	Introduction
	Agent: (classification and taxonomy) (Nematoda) Thalazia callipaeda [rarely T. californiensis]
	Synonyms: Conjunctival spirurosis, Oriental eye worm
	History of Discovery
	Clinical Presentation in Humans: Conjunctivitis and lacrimation associated with the sensation of an ocular foreign body.
	Transmission
	Reservoir: Dog, rabbit, deer, cat
	Vector: Although the vector is uncertain, flies of the genera Musca and Fannia have been implicated.
	Incubation Period: not known
	Morphology: The thread-like adult worms reach a length of 4 to 6 mmÉ.
	Life Cycle (if applicable): figure plus written description
	Diagnostic Tests
	Management and Therapy: Surgical extraction of parasite
	Epidemiology: The precise distribution of this disease is unknown
	Country Information: Thelaziasis has been reported in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.
	Public Health and Prevention Strategies (Vaccines)
	Useful Web Links
	References

Please link all of your citations and pictures to your References page. On your References page, you should have a list of (properly formatted) citations for each piece of information and picture that you borrowed. Here, you may also link to the original source if the source is online. Please do not link to the original source from other pages on your website; link to your References page instead.

III. Primary Source

Please be sure to include at least one primary source in your ParaSite, as discussed in class. For most students, this primary source will be an original research article or an interview conducted with an expert in the field.

IV. Contact Information

Please include the following information, in this specific order, on your home page (the first page that visitors see when they visit your ParaSite).

Student Name, Class year, Email
Stanford University
Parasites & Pestilence: Infectious Public Health Challenges
Prof. D. Scott Smith, ssmith@stanford.edu

Ex:
Natalie Ramos, 2006, nramos@stanford.edu
Stanford University
Parasites & Pestilence: Infectious Public Health Challenges
Prof. D. Scott Smith, ssmith@stanford.edu

Final Checklist

	Does the website meet all content requirements listed above?
	Did you include the specific contact information on your home page?
	Do all of your links work? (Have you used relative links?)
	Are all website components compiled into a folder named after your parasitic disease?
	Does the folder hold no more than 10MB of files? Find out by right clicking on your folder and choosing "Properties", followed by the "General" tab.

Congratulations on completing your ParaSites!