Infectious Diseases


 
  Infectious Diseases
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    Disease due to organisms ranging in size from viruses to parasitic worms; it may be contagious in origin, result from nosocomial organisms, or be due to endogenous microflora from the nose and throat, skin, or bowel.

Internet Guides
    
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
From Karolinska Institutet, Library, Stockholm, Sweden
Hardin Meta Directory: AIDS & Virus Diseases
From Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa
Hardin Meta Directory: Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
From Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa
MedWeb: Microbiology and Virology
From Emory University Health Sciences Center Library
MedWeb: Tropical Medicine
From Emory University Health Sciences Center Library
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) Recommended Web Sites & Virtual Library of Diseases
Parasite Links, American Society of Parasitologists
Includes links to societies, institutions, journals, and "items of parasitological interest"
Parasitic Diseases
From Karolinska Institutet, Library, Stockholm, Sweden
 
 
 
Internet Sites
    
Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions Under Public Health Surveillance
From the CDC: case definitions for use by health care providers, laboratories, and other public health personnel who report the ccurrences of notifiable diseases to state and local health department
Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (CSR), World Health Organization
Includes information on disease outbreaks, drug-resistant disease, biosafety, and infectious diseases (including meningococcal disease, cholera, hemorrhagic fevers, hepatitis, transmissible spongiform, HIV/AIDS, and influenza)
Hospital Infections Program, CDC
IAO Bovine spongiform encephalopathy collection
From Torsten Brinch, Denmark, the self-styled IAO (Independent Agrochemical Observer). Includes links for information on the European Union beef crisis, plus response from governmental and nongovernmental organizations.
Initiative on Lyme Disease, American College of Physicians
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Selected bibliography of medical literature citations for pediatric infectious diseases
The "Bad Bug Book"
Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook from the Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, FDA
The 1998 Guidelines for the Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
From the National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, CDC
Travel Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin Physicians & Clinics
Travelers' Health
From the National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC
Vaccinating a Nation
Compilation of New York Times articles covering multiple subjects related to implementing a smallpox vaccination program in the United States.
Virus Diseases
From Karolinska Institutet, Library, Stockholm, Sweden
 
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Organizations, Associations, and Agencies
    
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
information on all communicable diseases: including HIV and AIDS information
Division of Laboratory Systems, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Updates, training, current trends in clinical microbiology
Eurosurveillance
Free multilingual news and articles on infectious diseases incidents and surveillance data within the European Union
Immunization Action Coalition
Nonprofit organization that works to boost immunization rates and prevent disease through physician, community, and family awareness
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
New Jersey Medical School National Tuberculosis Center at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
One of three three Model Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Centers in the United States funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Public Health Laboratory Service, UK
News, disease facts, guidelines, and publications from agency charged with detecting, diagnosing, and monitoring communicable diseases in England and Wales
 
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Consumer Health Information
    
Brochures and Leaflets, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC
Communicable Disease Fact Sheets, New York State Department of Health
The Lincolnshire Post-Polio Network (UK)
Library of over 100 full-text articles, directory of resources on the Web, and news
The Lyme Disease Network
 
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Electronic Newsletters and Journals
    
Emergine Infectious Diseases
Peer-reviewed journal published by the National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Official journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Infectious Disease News
MMWR Online
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NewsRx.com
Weekly news organized by topics, including many related to infectious disease
 
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Teaching and Learning
    
Epidemiology and Prevention of Viral Hepatitis A to E: An Overview
Downloadable slides and presentation covering clinical and epidemiologic features and prevention measures for viral hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E. From the Hepatitis Branch, CDC. Includes bibliography.
 
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