Project
Case Reports and Updates

The Carlo Denegri Foundation, the Infectious Diseases  Clinic, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences,  University of Torino and  the Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, Unit A of Infectious Diseases, Torino, Italy  are  presenting the project of an

Atlas of Medical Parasitology
A project for a complete atlas of human parasitology through the contribution of every researchers and scientists who will agree to participate

The project of the Atlas of Medical Parasitology goes on with the objective to improve the Atlas created during the first three years of the plan.

The A.M.P. was created for teaching purposes and during the development of the plan became an useful means for many scientists as a source of teaching aids. The A.M.P. received the citation of reliable sources such as Parasitology today and The Lancet, and is now listed in the "Internet Resources on Specific Infectious Diseases Topics" of the Mandell, Douglas and Bennet’s "Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases" Fifth Edition.
Whoever wishes to contribute can send the editor unpublished images of human parasites (microscopical, clinical, radiological or epidemiological aspects of human parasitic infections) by mail or E-Mail.
Pathology specimens (slide, samples) are welcome too.
The source of the preparation and the author of the images will be acknowledged in the legend of each figure and in the page of list of Contributors and a statement of publication will be sent to the Author. 
The Atlas will be periodically updated and supplied with new material. 
Every year an new copy of theCD-Rom of the A.M.P. will be sent to the Contributors.
Meanwhile, the images are available to everybody and all advices and suggestions are welcome.

The Case reports and Updates in Parasitology section is planed to provide the opportunity to publish clinical reports or brief updates on biological, diagnostic and epidemiological aspects of parasitic diseases.
Reports and Updates should be in agreement with the teaching purposes of the project.
Reports and Updates should include images with a short text, max 500 words, legend included.
References (max 5) should be consecutively numbered in the text and cited according to "Index Medicus".
Contributions will be accepted if accompanied by a statement of all the Authors that the work has not been accepted for publication or has not been published elsewhere.
Contributions will be reviewed by independent reviewers.
A certificate stating the publication of the case report or  of the update in the Atlas will be sent to the Author/s.