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• Health: Conditions and Diseases: Infectious Diseases  (1,562)

• American Museum of Natural History - Epidemic - An exhibition exploring the "World of Infectious Disease."
• Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases - Conducts research to develop strategies, products, information, procedures, and training programs for medical defense against biological warfare threats and naturally occurring infectious diseases that require special containment.
• BioMed Central - Open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of infectious and sexually transmitted diseases, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
• BUBL LINK: Infectious diseases - Catalog of internet resources on infectious disease prepared by the Department of Computer and Information Sciences University of Strathclyde.
• Bureau of Communicable Disease Control - Massachusetts Department of Public Health information on Influenza Site, Tuberculosis program, diseases of immigrants, and factsheets on a variety of individual diseases available in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
• Bureau of Communicable Diseases : NYC DOHMH - New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene collection of factsheets on infectious diseases, physician alerts, and reportable disease information.
• CACMID Home Page - Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, contact information, annual conferance information, archive and abstracts.
• Campaign for Fighting Diseases - Advocacy organization for the world's poor.
• Center for Infectious Disease Research And Policy (CIDRAP) - 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.
• CIA Field Listing - Major infectious diseases by country with degree of risk, food and waterborne infections, vectorborne infections and animal or water contact infections for each location.
• Clinical Infectious Diseases, Electronic Edition - Published by the University of Chicago for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Features news, articles, and practice guidelines.
• Colonial Diseases - Translations of colonial terms for various diseases to their modern equivalents.
• Communicable Disease Control - North Carolina Health Department information on policy, individual diseases, statistics, and resources.
• Communicable Diseases - Information on infectious disease occurances in New Zealand and programs aimed at preventing illness.
• Communicable diseases : The UK Department of Health - Information about surveillance, prevention, and control of communicable diseases.
• Department of Microbiology Mt. Sinai Hospital - A newsfeed for healthcare providers and the general public.
• Dermatology Images - Image Database of the Dept of Dermatology, Univ of Iowa College of Medicine
• DHPE Infectious Facts - Collection of fact sheets on infectious diseases. Links to additional resources.
• DHS DCDC Infectious Diseases Branch - California Department of Health branch responsible for surveillance, investigation, prevention and control of communicable diseases of public health importance. Reports, contacts, definitions, surveillance reports, statistics and resources.
• Disease Fact Sheet Series - Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services collection of infectious disease fact sheets.
• Diseases Database Site Index Diseases Database - Cross-referenced medical dictionary of diseases, links to disease specific information.
• Division of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control (DDC) - WHO program in North Africa, information on programs, history, goals, and contact information.
• eMedicine: Infectious Diseases - Directory of full length articles on various diseases.
• Emergent Infectious Diseases - Online version of Journal, full articles available 2000 through 2006.
• Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases - National Institutes of Health curriculum with online student activities, teachers guide, and instructions for use.
• Emerging infectious diseases - CDC resources, surveillance, travelers health articles, Emerging Infectious Disease journal, publications, Teacher tools, and diagnostic references.
• Emerging, Remerging and Communicable Diseases - Program by the World Health Organization providing epidemic management information, updates on outbreaks, epidemic preparedness planning, response actions and contacts.
• EpiNorth - A co-operative project for communicable disease control in Northern Europe created by the European Commissions Public Health Programme. Information on programs, goals, contacts and members.
• European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - Professional group, mission is to improve the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of infectious diseases in Europe. Events, educational opportunities, publications, membership.
• The Global Infectious Disease Threat and Its Implications for the United States - Extensive report from the US Central Intelligence Agency.
• Hardin MD - Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - From the University of Iowa, lists of Internet sources in microbiology and infectious diseases (including virus, bacterial, fungal) emerging diseases, and parasites.
• Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections - Responsible for infectious disease surveillance, providing specialist and reference microbiology and microbial epidemiology, co-ordinating the investigation and cause of national and uncommon outbreaks, helping advise government on the risks posed by various infections and responding to international health alerts.
• The Hong Kong Society for Infectious Diseases - Travelers disease information, membership, contacts, articles, reports and photos.
• IDLINKS - Information on infectious diseases, microbiology, therapy, outpatient care; resources, links, conference information, and organizations.
• Infections & Neuromuscular disease - Description of a variety of infectious diseases which may produce neuromuscular symptoms.
• Infectious Disease Control Unit - Factsheets and news releases related to diseases and various health topics.
• Infectious Disease Internet Links - Links to Governmental, educational, organizational sites relating to infectious diseases as well as specific diseases, tracking, publications and clinical trials.
• Infectious Disease News - Online version of the magazine. Includes breaking news, archives, online seminars, and specialty forums.
• Infectious Diseases - Infectious diseases of refugees, immigrants and bioterrorism. Factsheets on a variety of communicable diseases sorted by name, body system affected, and major presenting sign and symptoms.
• Infectious Diseases Epidemiology & Surveillance - Includes information about infectious/communicable diseases, surveillance, guidelines, regulations, notifying cases, and reports from the Victorian Government Health Information, Australia
• Infectious Diseases in Children - Online version of the journal. Includes case studies, articles, and monographs.
• Infectious Diseases Society of America - Includes information about the IDSA, a career center, newsroom, practice guidelines, and journals and publications.
• International Society for Infectious Diseases - 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.
• Japanese Journal of Infectious Disease - Publishes papers dealing with basic reseach in infectious diseases in the fields of bacteriology, virology, mycology, and parasitology. Original papers, epidemiological reports, methods, letters to the editor, and reviews.
• The Journal of Infectious Diseases - Original research on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases; on the microbes that cause them; and on disorders of host immune mechanisms. Electronic edition.
• Karolinska Institute: Library and Information Center - Compilation of medical microbiology and infectious diseases sites.
• Maryland Department of Health - Communicable Diseases - Collection of communicable disease fact sheets on a variety of topics.
• Medical News Today - Tropical Diseases news and health news headlines.
• Medlineplus - Infectious Diseases - Articles about infectious disease and infectious disease links.
• MedPage Today - Breaking medical news in infectious diseases and other topics, continuing education opportunities, spotlight articles and resources.
• Medscape Infectious Diseases - Directory of news, articles, research reports, and sites. Free registration required to view most of the material.
• The Merck Manual - Infectious Diseases - Specific and general clinical information on infectious diseases and their treatment.
• Michigan Emerging Diseases Issues - Information on a variety of emergent diseases, their implications and links for further information.
• National Center for Infectious Diseases - A large, searchable database of articles about diseases; resources for scientists, physicians, travelers; publications; training programs.
• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases - Virtual library, factsheets, vaccine research conference information, National Coalition for Adult Immunization.
• National Institute for Communicable Diseases - South African government agency information on infectious disease occurances and outbreaks.
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease - News, research and highlights from the labs at NIAID.
• National Institute of Infectious Diseases Japan - News, history of institute, contact information, reports, mission, disease information, journal articles, and research topics.
• New York State Department of Health: Communicable Diseases - Directory of factsheets on infectious diseases, plus press releases.
• NJDHSS, Communicable Disease Services - Collection of fact sheets with information on a number of infectious diseases.
• Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases - NITD was set up as a Public-Private Partnership between Novartis and the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). Dengue fever and tuberculosis were collectively selected as the diseases on which to focus, with the possibility to expand to other disease areas in later years.
• Office of Infectious Disease Services - Arizona Department of Health Services programs and information on infectious diseases. News, surveillance, epidemiology updates, statistics, recommendations and contacts.
• OHSU Health: Infectious Diseases - Overview, symptom and treatment information about infectious diseases.
• Paediatric Infectious Diseases - Directory for doctors and other health professionals interested in this field and those of immunology and tropical medicine. Includes update details and team profiles.
• Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases - For families of children with AIDS, HIV, hepatitis, etc. Help for families, information on immunizations, infection prevention, events, publications and resources.
• Polymicrobial Diseases - Book on diseases caused by more than one organism or type of organism for health professionals.
• ProMed - International Society for Infectious Diseases - Email news alerts and frequent updates on the incidence of, and plans to detect cases of, infectious diseases in man, animals and plants.
• Public Health Agency of Canada - Information on infectious diseases which affect or may affect Canada, policy statements, references, articles, news and links.
• Resources on African Health and Diseases - Extensive list of resource links on infectious diseases prepared by the African Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
• Resources on Infectious Diseases - Current resources from the American Medical Association for physicians and the public on important issues in infectious diseases. Features news, forums, articles, and archives.
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Overview of STDs caused by a variety of organisms.
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Information about STDs including symptoms, treatments, facts and statistics.
• Smittskyddsinstitutet - Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, or SMI. Information on parasitology, mycology, statistics, surveillance network, activities, links, and publications.
• South Dakota Department of Health Infectious Disease Information - Fact sheets with basic information about a wide range of infectious diseases and how to prevent them.
• State of Oregon: Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention - Factsheets, surveillance data, outbreaks, disease reporting, programs and contacts.
• Swiss Society for Infectious Diseases - Membership, news, history, goals of the organization, and contact information.
• Texas Center for Infectious Disease - Tuberculosis treatment information, patient resources, news, articles, contacts, and events.
• Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases - Links to organizations, references and government resources.
• USAID Health: Infectious Diseases, Overview - U.S. Agency for International Development acticities for the control and prevention of infectious diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, surveillance, and antimicronial resistance.
• Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization - VIDO conducts research in immunization technology, offering partnership with manufacturers for livestock and humans. Includes project overview, patents and contract services available from University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
• Vaccine Information for the Public and Health Professionals - Articles on the different diseases that can be prvented by immunization and the safety of immunizations.
• Victorian Infectious Disease Research Laboratory - Includes publications, laboratory listings, contact information, technical bulletins and surveillance.
• WHO Infectious Disease - Three reports on aspects of infectious disease response; Removing Obsticles to Health Development, Scaling up the Response to Infectious Diseases, and Overcomming Antimicrobial Resistance.
• WHO Regional Office for SE Asia - Communicable disease department includes information on a variety of endemic infectious diseases, objectives, FAQs and programs.
• WHO/OMS - Infectious diseases - Articles from the World Health Organization, related links, resources and fact sheets.
• Zoonotic Disease - Extensive directory of diseases listed by animal reservoir.
• Zoonotic Diseases - Information on diseases which can be transmitted to man from animals; includes symptoms, host animal, transmission, treatment and prevention.

• BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Faster emergence' for diseases - New infectious diseases are emerging at an unprecedented rate, making it difficult to tackle the threats, say scientists. (2006/02/20)
• Diseases on the Brink - New York Times - A series of articles dealing with five diseases — polio, guinea worm, measles, blinding trachoma and lymphatic filariasis — that are extinct in the developed world but stubbornly persistent in some poor nations. (2006/03/20)

• Centers for Disease Control - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance Summaries. [RSS]
• EurekAlert! - News on infectious and emerging diseases. [RSS]
• Health and Medicine News - Infectious disease newsfeed. [RSS]
• Medicine World - Daily infectious disease news from various sources. [RSS]
• MedPage Today - News feed on infectious diseases [RSS]
• Medscape - Public health issue newsfeed. [RSS]

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