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Communicable Diseases
 Websites presented in alphabetical order CDC: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) 
 This site provides information on SARS, an atypical form of pneumonia which apparently originated in Asia and has spread rapidly. The site covers guidance for clinicians, health departments, and airline and airport workers as well as a FAQ, travel advisories, and information on infection control, specimen collection and shipping, respiratory protections, exposure management, and quarantine. Includes links to related resources. From the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases Last updated Jun 9, 2003 Center for Infectious Disease Research And Policy (CIDRAP)
This site provides information about infectious disease, focusing on bioterrorism and food safety. The site is updated daily with original content and links to medically reviewed sources on and off the Web. From the Center for Infectious Disease Research And Policy (CIDRAP). http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/ Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy, Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases, Nutrition & Food Safety, Public Health & Safety, Terrorism, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq, Weapons Last updated May 11, 2005 Centers for Disease Control: Monkeypox
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) provides a fact sheet; a set of questions and answers; specific information for clinicians, public health lawyers, veterinarians, and pet owners and handlers; interim guidance on vaccination; related links; and a news section. Telephone numbers and hours for public inquiries in English, Spanish, and via TTY are included. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/monkeypox/ Topics: Animals, Diseases & Conditions, Health & Medical Disciplines, Infectious Diseases, Medical Treatments & Devices, Pets Last updated Jun 17, 2003 Disease Outbreak News
International resource for news updates on communicable diseases, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Includes special reports and factsheets on topics such as anthrax, BSE, influenza, and smallpox. Also includes media releases and contacts, and information about the organization and its activities. From Communicable Disease Surveillance & Response (CSR), World Health Organization. http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases Last updated May 11, 2005 Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Peer-Reviewed Journal Tracking and Analyzing Disease Trends
A monthly journal from The National Center for Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This CDC site provides the current edition and past issues back to the first in 1995, and to available advance articles from the forthcoming edition. Provides searching, suggested citations, and a free subscription to receive tables of contents via e-mail. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Health & Medical Disciplines, Infectious Diseases, Magazines, Public Health & Safety Last updated May 11, 2005 Executive Order: Revised List of Quarantinable Communicable Diseases
A list of the communicable diseases for which an individual may be quarantined by federal law. The list includes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and "Cholera, Diphtheria, infectious Tuberculosis, Plague, Smallpox, Yellow Fever, and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (Lassa, Marburg, Ebola, Crimean-Congo, South American, and others not yet isolated or named)." Includes "Questions and Answers on Executive Order and Interim Final Rule." From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/executiveorder040403.htm Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases Last updated May 11, 2005 Global Health Program
Website of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's project concerning diseases and conditions that cause widespread illness and death in developing countries. The program focuses on developing effective and affordable vaccines and medicines. Provides background information on malaria, HIV/AIDS, respiratory illnesses, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases. http://www.gatesfoundation.org/global-health/Pages/overview.aspx Topics: Charity & Nonprofit Resources, Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases, Medical Treatments & Devices, Public Health & Safety Last updated Jan 22, 2009 Global Tuberculosis Control: Surveillance, Planning, Financing
This World Health Organization (WHO) report "includes data on case notifications and treatment outcomes from all national TB control programmes (NTPs) that have reported to WHO, together with an analysis of plans, budgets, expenditures and progress in DOTS [directly observed treatments] expansion for 22 high-burden countries (HBCs)." Includes country and region data and related information. http://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/2005/en/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases Last updated Apr 4, 2005 Healthy Pets Healthy People
Pets are wonderful companions, but they can pass diseases to people. This site tells how to safely enjoy pets. It has information about people at risk (pregnant women, people with compromised immune systems), guidelines for animals in institutional settings, and a glossary. Additional resources include articles, brochures, posters, information hotlines, and links to other Web sites. Browsable by animal or disease. From the National Center for Infectious Diseases. http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases, Pets Last updated May 4, 2005 Infection Detection Protection
"Microbes are the oldest form of life on Earth. ... Right now, billions of microbes are swimming in your belly and crawling on your skin. Don't worry, over 95% of microbes are harmless." Explore Meet the Microbes, Bacteria in the Cafeteria, Infection!, How Lou Got the Flu, The Amazing Microbe Hunters, The Mixed-Up Microbe Mysery, and The Prevention Convention. Many links require Shockwave. From the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases Last updated May 11, 2005 John Snow
Devoted to Dr. John Snow, a prominent figure "in the history of public health, epidemiology and anesthesiology." Includes a biography, bibliography, photographs, maps of the 1854 London cholera outbreak studied by Snow, and full text of Snow's "On the Mode of Communication of Cholera." Also contains competing theories of the cause of cholera, and news on current worldwide cholera epidemics. From the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow.html Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Health, Health & Medical Disciplines, Infectious Diseases, Maps by Place, Notable People, Photograph Collections: Regional, Public Health & Safety, Scientific Themes Last updated Jun 21, 2004 Looking Beyond SARS
"NPR presents a five-part series on the world after SARS, examining such issues as the science behind detecting and treating the disease, to the response by health care workers on the front lines." Features audio clips of the programs, a fact sheet and timeline on SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), commentary, and links to related coverage from National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/news/specials/sars/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Health & Medical Disciplines, Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Safety Last updated Oct 21, 2003 Melioidosis
Fact sheet on the infectious disease (also called Whitmore's disease) that is found in "tropical climates, especially in Southeast Asia where it is endemic." Discusses transmission, symptoms, prevention, and treatment. Also notes the role of the melioidosis organism "as a potential agent for biological warfare and biological terrorism." From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/melioidosis_g.htm Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases Last updated Sep 22, 2004 MRSA — Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
This site about a type of "staph" infection includes fact sheets, background on the antibiotic-resistant infection, and information about prevention and control, laboratory testing practices, and the outbreak among sports participants. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/ARESIST/mrsa.htm Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Drugs & Medications by Type, Infectious Diseases, Science Last updated Jan 8, 2004 Polio Eradication
News, background information, and other resources relating to the eradication of this paralysis-causing infectious disease "caused by a virus ... [that] can strike at any age, but affects mainly children under three." Includes fact sheets, vaccine information, polio status data, and strategic documents and status reports on efforts to eliminate polio in countries such as Nigeria and Afghanistan. From the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a joint effort of groups including the World Health Organization (WHO). http://www.polioeradication.org/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases, Medical Treatments & Devices Last updated Sep 7, 2004 ProMED-Mail (Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases)
The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases is a "global electronic reporting system for outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases and toxins." ProMED-Mail serves as a central site for news, updates, and discussions of outbreaks of emerging and re-emerging diseases. The site also features discussion group announcements, recent recalls and alerts, links to maps of outbreaks, a FAQ, and related links. Available in several languages. A program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID). http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1000: Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Health & Medical Disciplines, Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Safety Last updated Feb 26, 2008 Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (SBRI)
This nonprofit organization's mission "is to conduct targeted research leading to the prevention, diagnosis and cure of global infectious diseases." The diseases they target are malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, African sleeping sickness, Chagas’ disease, leishmaniasis, listeriosis, toxoplasmosis, and candidiasis; "entrepreneurial in spirit, our researchers are able to chart their own course of research." There is information on the diseases, scientists, accomplishments, research programs, outreach activities, training opportunities, research facilities, and sponsored seminars and conferences. http://www.sbri.org/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Education, Health, Infectious Diseases Last updated May 16, 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
This site offers links to fact sheets, key references (online articles and case studies), education and training, Internet resources, and official remarks and reports concerning SARS. Includes information about the modes of transmission, organism, and syndrome (symptoms) for SARS and other infections. From the Center for the Study of Emerging Infections at Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Missouri. http://www.emerginginfections.slu.edu/sars.htm Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases Last updated May 8, 2007 West Nile Virus
Presents information concerning West Nile virus in Washington state, including general information about the mosquito-borne virus, and reference materials and links on topics such as pesticide regulations, controlling mosquitoes at home, preventing mosquito bites, West Nile virus and horses, and mosquito curriculum materials for youth. From the Washington State University Cooperative Extension. http://wnv.wsu.edu/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases Last updated Jul 13, 2005 West Nile Virus
Provides facts and data about this mosquito-borne virus, along with prevention and treatment information. Includes a fact sheet, insect repellent safety tips, maps, and detailed information about transmission of the virus. In English and French. From Health Canada. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/dc-ma/wnv-vno-eng.php Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases, Insects & Arachnids Last updated Jul 31, 2009 West Nile Virus Maps
Frequently updated maps displaying the tracking and spread of the West Nile virus. The site features bird, human, mosquito, sentinel, and veterinary maps. ("Sentinel chickens are birds placed in cages that are exposed to mosquitoes in the area. Chickens that are bitten by infected mosquitoes develop antibodies, but are not otherwise affected by the virus.") Includes information going back to 2000, background information, and related links. http://westnilemaps.usgs.gov/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases, Scientific Themes, U.S. Maps Last updated Dec 19, 2005 West Nile Virus: Fight the Bite!
This fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention includes basic information on the West Nile virus, including prevention (specifically, avoiding mosquito bites), current statistics, incidence of disease in and transmission by animals, how to report dead birds, and how to contact state and local health agencies. Includes links to related sites, such as one on the West Nile virus transmission cycle. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases Last updated Jul 8, 2004 WHO Report on Global Surveillance of Epidemic-prone Infectious Diseases
Detailed surveillance data, history, transmission, and characteristics of key diseases, including yellow fever, plague, cholera, meningococcal disease, dengue, influenza, African trypanosomiasis, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), and leishmaniasis. Includes explanations of public health surveillance methods. From the World Health Organization (WHO). http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/surveillance/WHO_CDS_CSR_ISR_2000_1/en/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Health & Medical Disciplines, Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Safety Last updated Jul 30, 2005 |
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