Knowledge: infectious diseases
See Also:
- business → healthcare → products and services → infection control
- health → medicine → medical specialties → microbiology
- health → pharmacy → drugs and medications → antibiotics
- health → pharmacy → drugs and medications → vaccines and antisera
- health → public health and safety → disease control and prevention
- health → public health and safety → epidemiology → infectious diseases
- regional → north america → united states → government → executive branch → department of health and human services → centers for disease control and prevention
- science → biology → microbiology
Links
- National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
http://www.nfid.org/ - NFID supports research into the causes, cures, and prevention of infectious diseases and sponsors public and professional education programs. Virtual library, factsheets, vaccine research conference information, National Coalition for Adult Immunization.
- Communicable Disease and Immunizations
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/prevcont/ - Communicable disease information for HIV/AIDS, pertussis, influenza, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, chickenpox, and others.
- Infections - MCW HealthLink
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/infections/ - Information about infectious and communicable diseases from the physicians of the Medical College of Wisconsin.
- The American Medical Association's Resources on Infectious Diseases
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/1797.html - Current resources for physicians and the public on important issues in infectious diseases. Features news, forums, articles, and archives.
- The Bad Bug Book
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html - This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. Each chapter focuses on either one bacteria, virus, parasite, or natural toxin, providing basic facts.
- A Focus on Infectious Diseases
http://www.healthology.com/infectiousdiseases - Information on influenza, infections in children, HIV/AIDS, shingles, sexually transmitted diseases, oral infections, and pelvic infections.
- Pediatric Investigator Collaborative Network on Infections in Canada
http://www.picnic-canada.org - PICNIC official web site to learn about new research, technologies, and to connect to each other. Offers information about the organization, publications, links and a member only area.
- National Center for Infectious Diseases
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/ - A large, searchable database of articles about diseases; resources for scientists, physicians, travelers; publications; training programs.
- U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya
http://www.usamrukenya.org - Research and surveillance of tropical diseases, including virology, parasitology, and immunology, to develop and test improved means for predicting, detecting, preventing, and treating infectious disease threats in East Africa.
- eMedicine: Hospital Acquired Infections
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1619.htm - Physician reports on the viral, bacterial, and fungal pathogens likely to cause nosocomial infections such as pneumonia, urinary tract infection, colitis, and candidiasis. Includes medical care and prevention tips.
- Microbial Threats to Health: Emergence, Detection, and Response (2003)
http://www.nap.edu/books/030908864X/html/ - Covers emerging diseases, resurgence of known pathogens, and the human factors that converge to provide an environment where diseases can spread. Complete 350-page report from the Board on Global Health of the National Academy of Science, in Open Book and PDF formats.
- Medical Microbiology
http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/ - Online textbook with scientific and medical information on many disease causing organisms.
- The New England Journal of Medicine: Infectious Disease
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/collection/infectious_diseases - The Infectious Diseases collection covers topics such as sepsis, meningitis, and pneumonia.
- Kidshealth: Infections
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/ - Directory of factsheets covering common infections affecting children.
- Disease Outbreak News
http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/ - Information about disease outbreaks anywhere in the world, searchable by time period, with archives by disease; from the Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (CSR), World Health Organization.
- IDLinx
http://www.mdlinx.com/idlinx/ - Medical news and information in infectious disease from current medical journals for physicians. Available on the web or by email newsletter.
- Infectious Disease News
http://www.infectiousdiseasenews.com/ - Online version of the magazine. Includes breaking news, archives, online seminars, and specialty forums.
- Medline Plus: Infectious Diseases
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infectiousdiseases.html - Articles about infectious disease and infectious disease links.
- The Merck Manual - Infectious Diseases
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section13/sec13.jsp - Specific and general clinical information on infectious diseases and their treatment.
- Infectious Diseases in Children
http://idinchildren.com - Online version of the journal. Includes case studies, articles, and monographs.
- Microbes: in Sickness and in Health
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/microbes.htm - Publication of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
- Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diseases
http://wordnet.com.au/Products/infectious_diseases.htm - Complete electronic version of the book in .pdf format.
- Medical Microbiology
http://www.kcom.edu/faculty/chamberlain/ - Information on the microorganisms that cause diseases in humans. Lecture notes, laboratory notebook, computerized clinical cases, and most common causes of infectious diseases file.
- New York State Department of Health: Communicable Diseases
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/communicable_diseases/en/index.htm - Directory of factsheets on infectious diseases, plus press releases.
- Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/ - Extensive e-journal from the CDC.
- Health Protection Agency: Infections
http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/ - CDSC is a division of the Health Protection Agency and is the UK information and response center for surveillance and control of infectious diseases.
- eMedicine: Infectious Diseases
http://www.emedicine.com/med/INFECTIOUS_DISEASES.htm - Directory of full length articles on various diseases.
- Vads Corner
http://www.vadscorner.com/ - Emerging viruses, Outbreaks, Haze, Nipah virus, enterovirus 71, Influenza, H5N1 Influenza A, Chikungunya virus, West Nile virus, Dioxin, Arsenic, Medline, Medical Journals.
- Infectious Facts
http://www.astdhpphe.org/pubs_infectious.asp - From the Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public Health Education. Fact sheets on infectious diseases.
- USAMRIID
http://www.usamriid.army.mil/ - The United States Army Medical Research Institute for infectious diseases.
- eMedicine Health - Sepsis
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/12996-1.asp - Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of blood infection.
- eMedicine Health
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/16463-1.asp - Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of swollen lymph glands.
- Communicable Disease and Public Health
http://www.hpa.org.uk/cdph/ - A journal published by the Health Protection Agency in association with the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health. Find back and current issues and info about the CDPH.
- International Society for Infectious Diseases
http://www.isid.org/ - ISID consists of individuals interested in infectious diseases, including specialists, microbiologists, immunologists, epidemiologists, public health workers, parasitologists, virologists, mycologists, and molecular biologists. Find publications, resources, memberships and programs.
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
http://www.idsociety.org/ - Includes information about the IDSA, a career center, newsroom, practice guidelines, and journals and publications.
- Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
http://www.who.int/tdr/ - Co-sponsored by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO). It helps co-ordinate global efforts to combat infectious diseases of the poor and disadvantaged.
- Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
http://www.medscape.com/cx/rssfeeds/infectiousdiseases.xml - Latest medical news and information from Medscape.com.
- BioMed Central
http://www.current-reports.com/home_journal.cfm?JournalID=IR - Offers the current infectious disease reports.
- Karolinska Institute: Library and Information Center
http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/C01.html - Compilation of medical microbiology and infectious diseases sites.
- WHO/OMS - Infectious diseases
http://www.who.int/topics/infectious_diseases/en/ - Articles from the World Health Organization.
- The Lancet: Infectious Diseases
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf - Online version of the journal. Includes full text articles and abstracts. Requires registration to see most of the content. Basic registration is free. Some articles are pay per view.
- Infectious Disease Control Unit
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/ - Factsheets and news releases related to diseases and various health topics.
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/ - Provides major support for scientists conducting research aimed at developing better ways to diagnose, treat and prevent the many infectious, immunologic and allergic diseases.
- CBC News: Winnipeg's fortress of deadly disease
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/bioweapons/winnipeglab.html - Includes information on Canada's Level-4 virology lab in Winnipeg, videos and news reports.
- The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education: Infection Index
http://medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/INFEHTML/INFECIDX.html#1 - Images of organisms and their effects on organs.
- Journal Watch Infectious Diseases
http://infectious-diseases.jwatch.org/ - Fee based service with summaries of medical journal articles in the field of Infectious Disease.
- Sanofi Pasteur Global Travel Tips
http://www.travelvacs.com - Information on vaccines for travelers.
- The Global Infectious Disease Threat and Its Implications for the United States
http://www.dni.gov/nic/special_globalinfectious.html - Extensive report from the US National Intelligence Council.
- Expert Protocols in Infectious Diseases
http://www.expertprotocols.com - A free interactive web- and PDA-based program, for the evaluation and treatment of patients with infectious diseases, developed using accepted clinical guidelines.
- eMedicine Health - Finger Infection
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/finger_infection/article_em.htm - Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of injury or infection to a finger.
- Health Protection Scotland
http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ - Information on communicable diseases and environmental health hazards, travel and veterinary health risks including statistical data.
- ProMED-mail
http://www.promedmail.org/ - A global electronic reporting system for outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases and toxins.
- MSNBC: Infectious Diseases News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3034551/ - Headline news, feature articles, newsletter, and health libraries.
- MSNBC: Infectious Diseases
http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3034550/device/rss/rss.xml - Breaking news and feature reports.
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/home.html - This journal publishes clinical articles, including those in microbiology; a regular AIDS/TB Commentary; sections covering medical and legal issues and managed care symposia; time-saving review articles, which survey the growing body of research literature in a specific area or on a group of related topics; and thematic studies on central topics in infectious disease research. Electronic edition.
- Center for Infectious Disease Research And Policy (CIDRAP)
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/ - Provides advice, information, and analysis on the prevention, control, and treatment of infectious diseases and in public health preparedness in such areas as bioterrorism and food safety.
- Medscape Infectious Diseases
http://www.medscape.com/infectiousdiseases - Directory of news, articles, research reports, and sites. Free registration required to view most of the material.
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
http://www.pidj.com/ - Original studies, reviews, and case reports on all aspects of infectious diseases in children that have relevance to clinical practice. Features review articles and original studies on viral and bacterial illness in children of interest to pediatricians, pediatric residents and fellows, and pediatric nurses.
- Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
http://www.infectdis.com/ - Journal published nine times a year. Articles on topics of current interest to physicians and other health care professionals treating patients with infectious diseases.
- OHSU Health: Infectious Diseases
http://www.ohsu.edu/health/health-topics/topic.cfm?id=8769&parent=12335 - Overview, symptom and treatment information about infectious diseases.
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