INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Compiled by Frank Stitt MBBS FRACP
Online Medical Education, Sydney, Australia

• African Association for Medical and Veterinary Malacology
  "site contains clinical and research information about freshwater snails and related diseases; also, it includes links to recent workshops, upcoming courses and related websites; the organization's aim is to foster the control of diseases in man and/or domestic animals caused by trematode parasites"
• African Programme for Onchocerciasis
  "summary of the objectives, strategy and operations of the program; the objective of the program is to eliminate onchorocerciasis through a self-sustainable, community-directed treatment plan and to eliminate the disease by vector control in selected foci"
• All the Virology in the World
  "for virology, site contains a comprhensive table of contents with links to web sites, an extensive collection of virus pictures and note sets, diagrams and tutorials for teaching"
• Infectious Disease WebLink
  "an infectious disease clearinghouse for information on the Internet; contains links to governmental, non-governmental, clinical and microbiology websites and discussion groups"
• Immunization Gateway: Your Vaccine Fact Finder
  "comprehensive category links to up-to-date, expert immunization resources available via the Internet; an electronic service of ImmunoFacts®: Vaccines & Immunologic Drugs"
• INFOLEP Leprosy Information Services
  "INFOLEP offers an information and documentation service for healthcare providers; site provides basic information on leprosy and access to INFOLEP's databases and collections"
• Medical Matrix: Infectious Diseases
  "a series of annotated format category links to sites on infectious diseases; includes News, Full Text Journals, Abstracts, Reviews, Reviews and Digests, Articles, Meeting Reports, Practice Guidelines, Textbooks and more"
• National Center for Infectious Diseases (U.S.)
  "a summary of the surveillance, research, prevention efforts, and training of the Center that is committed to the prevention and control of traditional, new, and reemerging infectious diseases around the world "
• National Institute for Virology (South Africa): Virology Updates
  "frequently updated information on virological topics of current interest for medical practitioners and the general public; features diseases such as Ebola Virus and Congo Fever; a joint publication of the NIV and Department of Virology, University of Witwatersrand"
• PROMED: The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases Electronic Conference
  "global electronic reporting system for outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases & toxins; covers animal and plant toxins; contains alphabetical and keyword search indexes; includes information on how to subscribe to specific email lists"
• World Health Organization: Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response
  "organized by disease, site lists information on the disease, impact, history, geographic distribution and surveillance, outbreak news plus links to other relevant sites; contains numerous WHO documents"
• World Health Organization: Division of Control of Tropical Diseases
  "links to a series of full text disease sheets on a number of tropical diseases (i.e. Dengue Fever, Foodborne Trematode Infections, Malaria, Schistosomiasis) and links to related sites"
• World Health Organization: International Travel and Health
  "summarizes the vaccination requirements of individual countries, also covers certain health hazards to which the traveller may be exposed and indicates the areas in which these hazards are most likely to occur"

• see also:
  
• eMedicine: an On-line Medical Reference - Infectious Diseases
• HIV/AIDS Resources
• Health Topics and Policy (WHO)
  
• WHO Information Office: Fact Sheets

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