HubHip - Infectious Diseases

DescriptionCommunicable/infectious diseases sites. Also see specific diseases within the alphabetical listings.

Infectious Diseases

U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya (Site) - 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.

Communicable Disease and Immunizations (Site) - Communicable disease information for HIV/AIDS, pertussis, influenza, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, chickenpox, and others.

A Focus on Infectious Diseases (Site) - Information on influenza, infections in children, HIV/AIDS, shingles, sexually transmitted diseases, oral infections, and pelvic infections.

Infections - MCW HealthLink (Site) - Information about infectious and communicable diseases from the physicians of the Medical College of Wisconsin.

The Bad Bug Book (Site) - 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.

The American Medical Association's Resources on Infectious Diseases (Site) - Current resources for physicians and the public on important issues in infectious diseases. Features news, forums, articles, and archives.

National Center for Infectious Diseases (Site) - A large, searchable database of articles about diseases; resources for scientists, physicians, travelers; publications; training programs.

eMedicine Health (Site) - Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of swollen lymph glands.

Health Protection Agency: Infections (Site) - CDSC is a division of the Health Protection Agency and is the UK information and response center for surveillance and control of infectious diseases.

Microbial Threats to Health: Emergence, Detection, and Response (2003) (Site) - 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.

Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diseases (Site) - Complete electronic version of the book in .pdf format.

Medical Microbiology (Site) - Online textbook with scientific and medical information on many disease causing organisms.

Infectious Diseases in Children (Site) - Online version of the journal. Includes case studies, articles, and monographs.

The New England Journal of Medicine: Infectious Disease (Site) - The Infectious Diseases collection covers topics such as sepsis, meningitis, and pneumonia.

New York State Department of Health: Communicable Diseases (Site) - Directory of factsheets on infectious diseases, plus press releases.

Kidshealth: Infections (Site) - Directory of factsheets covering common infections affecting children.

MedlinePlus: Infectious Diseases (Site) - Articles about infectious disease and infectious disease links.

Disease Outbreak News (Site) - 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.

Microbes: in Sickness and in Health (Site) - Publication of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

IDLinx (Site) - Medical news and information in infectious disease from current medical journals for physicians. Available on the web or by email newsletter.

Medical Microbiology (Site) - Information on the microorganisms that cause diseases in humans. Lecture notes, laboratory notebook, computerized clinical cases, and most common causes of infectious diseases file.

Infectious Disease News (Site) - Online version of the magazine. Includes breaking news, archives, online seminars, and specialty forums.

Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal (Site) - Includes e-journal from the CDC.

eMedicine Health - Sepsis (Site) - Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of blood infection.

The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education: Infection Index (Site) - Images of organisms and their effects on organs.

Vads Corner (Site) - Emerging viruses, Outbreaks, Haze, Nipah virus, enterovirus 71, Influenza, H5N1 Influenza A, Chikungunya virus, West Nile virus, Dioxin, Arsenic, Medline, Medical Journals.

eMedicine: Infectious Diseases (Site) - Directory of full length articles on various diseases.

USAMRIID (Site) - The United States Army Medical Research Institute for infectious diseases.

Expert Protocols in Infectious Diseases (Site) - A free interactive web- and PDA-based program, for the evaluation and treatment of patients with infectious diseases, developed using accepted clinical guidelines.

MSNBC: Infectious Diseases News (Site) - Headline news, feature articles, newsletter, and health libraries.

Infectious Disease Control Unit (Site) - Factsheets and news releases related to diseases and various health topics.

Center for Infectious Disease Research And Policy (CIDRAP) (Site) - 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.

Sanofi Pasteur Global Travel Tips (Site) - Information on vaccines for travelers.

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal (Site) - 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.

Health Protection Scotland (Site) - Information on communicable diseases and environmental health hazards, travel and veterinary health risks including statistical data.

OHSU Health: Infectious Diseases (Site) - Overview, symptom and treatment information about infectious diseases.

The Lancet: Infectious Diseases (Site) - A monthly infectious diseases journal, renowned for the publication of high-quality peer-reviewed reviews and analysis from around the world.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site) - Offers detailed information about infectious disease including classifications, transmission, diagnosing and therapies, immunity, mortality from, and a history.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (Site) - Provides major support for scientists conducting research aimed at developing better ways to diagnose, treat and prevent the many infectious, immunologic and allergic diseases.

eMedicine: Hospital Acquired Infections (Site) - 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.

Journal Watch Infectious Diseases (Site) - Fee based service with summaries of medical journal articles in the field of Infectious Disease.

General Practice Notebook - Infectious disease (Site) - Describes features of many conditions.

The Global Infectious Disease Threat and Its Implications for the United States (Site) - Includes report from the US National Intelligence Council.

National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (Site) - 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.

eMedicine Health - Finger Infection (Site) - Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of injury or infection to a finger.

WHO/OMS - Infectious diseases (Site) - Articles from the World Health Organization.

ProMED-mail (Site) - A global electronic reporting system for outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases and toxins.

ID Links (Site) - Specializing in information for the infectious diseases and clinical microbiology. By Alan D. Tice MD, FACP.

Clinical Infectious Diseases (Site) - 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.

The Journal of Infectious Diseases (Site) - Published for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Find current and past issues and information about the journal.

Medscape Infectious Diseases (Site) - Directory of news, articles, research reports, and sites. Free registration required to view most of the material.

MedPage Today (Site) - Offers up to date medical news and physician-reviewed articles about infectious disease.

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice (Site) - Journal published nine times a year. Articles on topics of current interest to physicians and other health care professionals treating patients with infectious diseases.

Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases (Site) - PKIDs Online educates the public about infectious diseases and disease prevention, supports families whose children have chronic, viral infectious diseases, and works to eliminate the social stigma borne by the infected.

Johns Hopkins Infectious Diseases (Site) - Information on infectious diseases including hepatitis, STDs, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, research, education, and epidemiology.

Sepsis.com (Site) - Sepsis is a systemic response to infection, which causes organ failure and death in some cases. Find an overview, institutional approach, treatment and resources and tools. From Eli Lilly and Company.

Center for Complex Infectious Diseases (Site) - Provides information on stealth viruses, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and other diseases caused by stealth viruses, and presentations and publications given by Dr. Martin.

Communicable Disease and Public Health (Site) - 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.

Infectious Disease Research Institute (Site) - IDRI targets neglected diseases based on their threat to public health and lack of a vaccine diagnostic, or effective therapeutic. Find out which diseases are being focused on, and details about IDRI.

International Society for Infectious Diseases (Site) - 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 Disease Center - MayoClinic.com (Site) - Find information on colds, flu, STDs, and other common infections. Includes adult and child immunizations, and prevention.

Infectious Diseases Society of America (Site) - Includes information about the IDSA, a career center, newsroom, practice guidelines, and journals and publications.

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (Site) - Promotes excellence in diagnosis, management and prevention of infectious diseases through clinical care, education, research and advocacy. Find details about PIDS, membership information, meetings and events, education and training and a forum.

Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (Site) - 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.

Infection Control Society Pakistan (Site) - A non governmental organization working to increase awareness of infection control principles and procedures. Find publications, conferences, projects, membership information and details about the ICSP.

BioMed Central (Site) - Offers the current infectious disease reports.

Family Practice Notebook: Infectious Disease (Site) - Comprehensive database of infectious disease.

Karolinska Institute: Library and Information Center (Site) - Compilation of medical microbiology and infectious diseases sites.

The Merck Manual - Infectious Diseases (Site) - Specific and general clinical information on infectious diseases and their treatment.