WormLearn is an online parasitology information package designed for anyone who'd
like to find out some more information about parasitic worms and other critters that have a
tendency to share our personal space.
WormLearn grew out of the now sadly defunct Queensland University of
Technology Parasitology Pages, a collection of parasitology images I put together in
1994/1995 to help students enrolled in medical parasitology subjects at QUT. These pages proved
to be more popular outside the university than in, and I received hundreds of letters either
thanking me for the resource or asking further questions. Since the pages were big on pictures
and small on information, I had always planned to update them, and make them slightly more
suitable for a wider audience.
WormLearn is an amalgam of the images site and a loose collection of talks and
seminars on parasitology I gave to school children, community groups and other lay audiences
while I was supposed to be getting my PhD thesis written up. It has evolved into more of an
educational resource for teachers (especially junior and senior secondary school), which fits my
change in career path. However, I'd hope that it contains something of interest for everyone.
WormLearn is not intended to be an extensive course in parasitology - universities have
entire degree course to try to do that. The information provided is a collection of basic
information from texts and research, liberally intermixed with folklore. I really try hard to point
out the folklore, but if you spot some howlers that I've let through unnoticed, please let me know.
For more information on what WormLearn is and is not, please read the disclaimer.
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This page Copyright 1997 Dr Peter Darben.
Last Updated 19.9.2000