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      new window A Focus on Infectious Diseases Description: Information on influenza, infections in children, HIV/AIDS, shingles, sexually transmitted diseases, oral infections, and pelvic infections. (healthology.com)
new window BioMed Central Description: Offers the current infectious disease reports. (biomedcentral.com)
new window CBC News: Canada's fortress of deadly disease Description: Includes information on Canada's Level-4 virology lab in Winnipeg, videos and news reports. (cbc.ca)
new window Clinical Infectious Diseases, Electronic Edition Description: Published by the University of Chicago for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Features news, articles, and practice guidelines. (journals.uchicago.edu)
new window Communicable Disease and Immunizations Description: Communicable disease information for HIV/AIDS, pertussis, influenza, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, chickenpox, and others. (metrokc.gov)
new window Communicable Disease and Public Health Description: 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. (hpa.org.uk)
new window Current Infectious Disease Reports Description: Articles and web sites on infectious diseases. (current-reports.com)
new window Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diseases Description: Complete electonic version the book in .pdf format. (wordnet.com.au)
new window Disease Outbreak News Description: 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. (who.int)
new window eMedicine Health Description: Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of swollen lymph glands. (emedicinehealth.com)
new window eMedicine Health - Finger Infection Description: Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of injury or infection to a finger. (emedicinehealth.com)
new window eMedicine Health - Sepsis Description: Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of blood infection. (emedicinehealth.com)
new window eMedicine: Hospital Acquired Infections Description: 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. (emedicine.com)
new window eMedicine: Infectious Diseases Description: Directory of full length articles on various diseases. (emedicine.com)
new window Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal Description: Extensive e-journal from the CDC. (cdc.gov)
new window Future-Drugs.com Description: Provides expert reviews on therapeutics and diagnostics in the treatment of infectious disease. Coverage includes: antibiotics, drug resistance, drug therapy, infectious disease medicine, anibacterial, antimicrobial, antifungal and antiviral approaches, and diagnostic tests. (future-drugs.com)
new window Health Protection Agency: Infections Description: CDSC is a division of the Health Protection Agency and is the UK information and response center for surveillance and control of infectious diseases. (hpa.org.uk)
new window IDLinx Description: Medical news and information in infectious disease from current medical journals for physicians. Available on the web or by email newsletter. (mdlinx.com)
new window Infections - MCW HealthLink Description: Information about infectious and communicable diseases from the physicians of the Medical College of Wisconsin. (healthlink.mcw.edu)
new window InfectionSpotlight.com Description: Resource for patients and families, including information, latest news and additional links on infectious diseases. From Aventis Pharmaceuticals. (infectionspotlight.com)
new window Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Surveillance Description: Factsheets and news releases related to diseases and various health topics. (tdh.state.tx.us)
new window Infectious Disease LifeCenter Description: Offers patients news and info regarding a host of diseases, as well as a secure online setting where they can ask board-certified physicians questions. (infectiousdiseaselifecenter.com)
new window Infectious Disease News Description: Online version of the magazine. Includes breaking news, archives, online seminars, and specialty forums. (infectiousdiseasenews.com)
new window Infectious Diseases Description: Articles in .pdf format - requiring Adobe Acrobat reader. Plus a link directory. (wordnet.com.au)
new window Infectious Diseases - Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine Description: Includes infectious disease fellowship training, research, education, treatment guidelines, microbiology primer, and antibiotic formulary. (id-website.com)
new window Infectious Diseases in Children Description: Online version of the journal. Includes case studies, articles, and monographs. (idinchildren.com)
new window Infectious Diseases of the Central Nervous System: Parenchymal Infections Description: Medical information on cerebral abscesses, syphilis, parasitic infections, fungal infections, viral infections, and CJD. (vh.org)
new window Infectious Diseases Society of America Description: Includes information about the IDSA, a career center, newsroom, practice guidelines, and journals and publications. (idsociety.org)
new window Infectious Facts Description: From the Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public Health Education. Fact sheets on infectious diseases. (astdhpphe.org)
new window International Society for Infectious Diseases Description: 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. (isid.org)
new window Johns Hopkins Infectious Diseases Description: Information on infectious diseases including hepatitis, STDs, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, research, education, and epidemiology. (hopkins-id.edu)
new window Karolinska Institute: Library and Information Center Description: Compilation of medical microbiology and infectious diseases sites. (mic.ki.se)
new window Kidshealth: Infections Description: Directory of factsheets covering common infections affecting children. (kidshealth.org)
new window Medical Microbiology Description: Online textbook with scientific and medical information on many disease causing organisms. (gsbs.utmb.edu)
new window Medical Microbiology Description: Information on the microorganisms that cause diseases in humans. Lecture notes, laboratory notebook, computerized clinical cases, and most common causes of infectious diseases file. (kcom.edu)
new window Mediscover - Infectious Diseases Description: Content includes topical news from the world or research, recent releases from the world of clinical practice - antivirals, antibiotics and vaccines, regular feature articles, specialist resources. (mediscover.net)
new window Medlineplus - Infectious Diseases Description: Articles about infectious disease and infectious disease links. (nlm.nih.gov)
new window Medscape Infectious Diseases Description: Directory of news, articles, research reports, and sites. Free registration required to view most of the material. (medscape.com)
new window Microbes: in Sickness and in Health Description: Publication of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (niaid.nih.gov)
new window Microbial Threats to Health: Emergence, Detection, and Response (2003) Description: 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. (nap.edu)
new window National Center for Infectious Diseases Description: A large, searchable database of articles about diseases; resources for scientists, physicians, travelers; publications; training programs. (cdc.gov)
new window National Foundation for Infectious Diseases Description: 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. (nfid.org)
new window National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Description: Provides major support for scientists conducting research aimed at developing better ways to diagnose, treat and prevent the many infectious, immunologic and allergic diseases. (niaid.nih.gov)
new window Ncbugs.com Description: Online resource for Communicable Disease Control and Environmental Health in North Cumbria. Intended for anyone with a personal or professional interest in communicable disease control. (ncbugs.com)
new window New York State Department of Health: Communicable Diseases Description: Directory of factsheets on infectious diseases, plus press releases. (health.state.ny.us)
new window NewsRx Report Series on Infectious Disease Therapy Research Description: Summaries of a series of monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports. Full report requires payment. (newsrx.net)
new window OHSU Health -- Infectious Diseases Description: Overview, symptom and treatment information about infectious diseases. (ohsuhealth.com)
new window Oregon Health & Science University Description: OHSU offers infectious diseases information including common diseases, prevention, statistics, the immune system and a glossary. (ohsuhealth.com)
new window Pediatric Investigator Collaborative Network on Infections in Canada Description: 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. (picnic-canada.org)
new window Research and Training in Tropical Diseases Description: 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. (who.int)
new window Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health Description: Information on communicable diseases and environmental health hazards, travel and veterinary health risks including statistical data. (show.scot.nhs.uk)
new window The Bad Bug Book Description: 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. (cfsan.fda.gov)
new window The American Medical Association's Resources on Infectious Diseases Description: Current resources for physicians and the public on important issues in infectious diseases. Features news, forums, articles, and archives. (ama-assn.org)
new window The Core Center Description: Comprehensive range of outpatient care to individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. (corecenter.org)
new window The Global Infectious Disease Threat and Its Implications for the United States Description: Extensive report from the US Central Intelligence Agency. (cia.gov)
new window The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education: Infection Index Description: Images of organisms and their effects on organs. (medlib.med.utah.edu)
new window The Lancet: Infectious Diseases Description: 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. (infection.thelancet.com)
new window The Merck Manual - Infectious Diseases Description: Specific and general clinical information on infectious diseases and their treatment. (merck.com)
new window The New England Journal of Medicine: Infectious Disease Description: The Infectious Diseases collection covers topics such as sepsis, meningitis, and pneumonia. (content.nejm.org)
new window Tick-Borne Encephalitis, TBE Description: Includes information on distribution, incidence, symptoms, treatment, vaccination and prevention. (tick-borne-encephalitis.info)
new window U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya Description: 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. (usamrukenya.org)
new window USAMRIID Description: The United States Army Medical Research Institute for infectious diseases. (usamriid.army.mil)
new window Vads Corner Description: Emerging viruses, Outbreaks, Haze, Nipah virus, enterovirus 71, Influenza, H5N1 Influenza A, Chikungunya virus, West Nile virus, Dioxin, Arsenic, Medline, Medical Journals. (vadscorner.com)
new window WHO/OMS - Infectious diseases Description: Articles from the World Health Organization. (who.int)
 




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