# Mollusca Information Center

#### Your guide to internet resources concerning mollusca, or "The Clam"

> We at the MIC are aware that there are growing controversies about the nature of mollusca -- what organism is responsible, whether or not it can be called a "disease," how many people are infected, and what, if anything, should be done about it.

> We hope that by providing arguments from all sides in an unbiased manner, without takng sides (although we of course have our own opinions), we will be helpful in promoting dialog about this important issue.

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- News from Medicine: New S.T.D. a Puzzle to Investigators by Bernard Taylor. A good overview of the various issues surrounding mollusca.

- Symbiots, Parasites and Diseases: Taboo-based anticipatory labeling of 'The Clam' by Kenneth MacTerrel, from Harmonic Dispatch (Winter 1995). Not big on new factual information, but a good summary of some of the issues and some interesting philosophical points.

- Sexual Promiscuity Will Lead to Irreperable Consequences for Some by Christine Hsusej, from the Kansas State Collegian (6 Feb. 1995). Mostly celebacy propaganda, but also mentions a study about mollusca in student populations.

- Search for "mollusca" futile? by Dr. Phillip Dwyer. This usenet post gives one theory as to why the organism responsible for mollusca seems so hard to track down.

- Excerpts from 'Into the Stretch' by Phil Brodley speculating that 'the clam' would become a campaign issue in the U.S. in 1996.

- DOIA: Molluscum contagiosum -- A photo and commentary in German, from a Japanese site hosting the Dermatology Online Atlas. I can't make heads or tails of it, but it's a good quality photo of the clam-spots.

- Lidak Pharmaceuticals -- They're testing their anti-viral medication n-docosanol against the clam, working on the theory that the virus Selo Thoxxyn-P Five, found associated with mollusca lesions, is the organism responsible for mollusca.

- Biological Warfare -- this usenet post, probably worth taking with a shaker of salt, speculates that mollusca is the product of an experimental U.S. biological warfare experiment.

- Good News From Medicine -- A brief note about how mollusca is being researched in the laboratory as a way of helping infertile couples.

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