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All the Virology in the World This gateway site contains a comprehensive table of contents with links to web sites, and a large collection of virus images, diagrams and tutorials for teaching. Maintained by Tulane University, U.S. http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/garryfavweb.html
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene The ASTMH Organization's website provides a gateway to tropical medicine sites, a section on ‘tropical medicine questions and answers’ and the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. http://www.astmh.org/
Atlas of Medical Parasitology Organized by major body systems, the site contains illustrations and brief descriptions of numerous parasites. It has been developed for teaching purposes and includes a section on links to parasitology and tropical medicine sites. The site is maintained by the Infectious Diseases Clinic, University of Torino, Italy. http://www.cdfound.to.it/HTML/atlas.htm
Cambridge MPD Parasitology Lecture Notes This site contains a series of parasitology lectures that include an excellent overview of the subject with specific chapters on malaria and schistosomiasis. Within the ‘lectures’, there are numerous links to background information. The site is maintained by the Schistosome Research Group, Cambridge University, UK. http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~schisto/Lecture_Notes/Lectures1.html
Confronting AIDS: Public Priorities in a Global Epidemic This e-book is for policymakers, development specialists and public health experts. The aim is to help design effective strategies to confront the epidemic. It was developed by the World Bank Group. http://www.worldbank.org/aids-econ/confront/confrontfull/
Diagnostic Parasitology The site contains images of parasites that are useful for training and education. Each page contains an image and diagnostic description of the parasite. The images can be used for teaching, with permission. The site is maintained by the Department of Medical Technology, University of Delaware, U.S. http://www.udel.edu/medtech/dlehman/medt372/images.html
Doctor FungusThe site is an extensive portal to full text information on all aspects of fungi: fungal infections, anti-fungal agents, laboratory procedures, current news and Internet links. The site contains numerous illustrations plus a keyword search engine and site map. It is supported by a grant from Merck (pharmaceutical company). http://www.doctorfungus.org/
DPDx DPDx is a site for the laboratory identification of parasites of public health concern. It includes sections on parasites and parasitic diseases, an image library and diagnostic procedures for numerous diseases, plus a keyword search engine. The site is maintained by the Department of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/
Ebola Virus Page The Ebola Virus Page provides links to information on new outbreaks of Ebola and general information on the disease. The site is maintained by the Microbiology Department, University of Capetown, South Africa. http://www.mcb.uct.ac.za/ebola/ebopage.htm
Emerging Infectious Diseases This is a peer-reviewed electronic journal of the Centers for Disease Control, U.S. It provides information on emerging infections in three broad categories: perspectives (factors that predispose to outbreaks), synopses (summaries of specific diseases or syndromes) and dispatches (brief laboratory and epidemiological reports). http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/index.htm
Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis Formed in May 2000, the alliance is a free, inclusive forum for the exchange of ideas and coordination of activities. http://www.filariasis.org/index.pl
Hardin MD Full-text Ejournal Search - Infectious Diseases This site provides PubMed Medline searches of prominent medical journals that have all, or most, of their articles freely available on the Web. The site includes a facility to identify recent reports (published in past 30 or 60 days) on bacterial infections, mycoses, parasitic diseases, viral diseases, HIV/AIDS, antibiotics and other anti-microbials. http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/ejmicro.html
Health Systems Resource Center (HSRC) The HSRC provides access to technical assistance, knowledge and information in support of pro-poor health policies, financing and services for the Department for International Development UK and its consortium partners. The main page links to the Health Systems Resource Guide, a collaboration with ELDIS (http://www.eldis.org/healthsystems/index.htm) . The HSRC is currently being developed, and will focus on the following topics: health, poverty and vulnerability, priority diseases, aid policy and financing mechanisms, global initiatives and public-private partnerships, access to medicines, health service delivery and gender. http://www.healthsystemsrc.org/
Hepatitis Information Network (HEPNET) HEPNET contains a series of category links with updates on patient care issues, serology, new clinical papers and news releases plus links to other hepatitis sites. http://www.hepnet.com/
Institute of Tropical Medicine: Links to Selected Websites This site is a subject based list of links to numerous tropical medicine and infectious diseases websites. Subject categories include microbiology, infectious diseases, tropical medicine and parasitology, parasitic diseases, medical entomology, disease outbreaks and epidemiology and travel medicine. The site is maintained by the Library of the Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium. http://lib.itg.be/biblinks.htm
International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (ILEP) ILEP is a federation of 18 non-governmental organizations, based in 13 countries, which share the common aim of eradicating leprosy and all its consequences. TALMilep is an action group of ILEP that produces and supplies teaching materials to equip both general and specialized health workers in the cure and rehabilitation of people affected by leprosy. http://www.ilep.org.uk/content/
International Travel and Health This World Health Organization site describes the vaccination requirements of individual countries, and provides general advice on travel health. http://www.who.int/ith/
La Santé Tropicale sur Internet This is a French-language site, run by a France-based publisher NG Com Santé Tropicale. The site is dedicated to health issues in francophone Africa and Maghreb. It provides access to pdf files of 1800 African medical articles from three of its journals: Médecine d'Afrique Noire, Médecine du Maghreb, and Odontologie-Stomatologie Tropicale. The site includes an email discussion forum and links to other francophone African health web sites. www.santetropicale.com
Links Pertaining to Parasitic Diseases The site is a gateway to websites on parasitic diseases.It is organized by general and disease specific subject categories. The site is maintained by the Karolinska Institut, Sweden. http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/C03.html
National Center for Infectious Diseases, U.S. This site summarizes the surveillance, research, prevention efforts, and training resources of the Center that is committed to the prevention and control of traditional, new, and re-emerging infectious diseases around the world. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/index.htm
National Institute for Virology, South Africa: Virology Updates This site provides information on topics of current interest for medical practitioners and the general public. It features diseases such as Ebola Virus and Congo Fever. The site is a joint publication of the National Institute of Virology, South Africa and the Department of Virology, University of Witswatersrand, South Africa. http://www.niv.ac.za/
OnchoNet This site is a gateway to onchocerciasis information on the Internet. The site is maintained by the Clark Science Center, Smith College, U.S. http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/SWILLIAM/OnchoNet/OnchoNet.html
Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network PPHSN is a voluntary network of countries/territories and organisations for public health surveillance and response. It focuses on six epidemic communicable diseases: dengue, measles, influenza, leptospirosis, cholera, and typhoid. The site describes the organization’s activities particularly the email listserv (PacNet), laboratory network (LabNet) and response network (EpiNet). .http://www.spc.int/phs/PPHSN/
Parasites and Parasitological Resources This site contains over 550 images and descriptions of more than 180 species of parasites. The site is maintained by the College of Biological Sciences, Ohio State University, U.S. http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/home.html
Parasitology Online The site is a section of a medical school e-book and contains specific chapters on protozoa, nematodes, cestodes, trematodes and anthropods. For numerous diseases, it contains an overview and illustrations plus related Internet links. The site is maintained by the School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, U.S. http://www.med.sc.edu:85/book/parasit-sta.htm
PROMED: The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases Electronic Conference PROMED is a global electronic reporting system for outbreaks of infectious diseases and toxins. The site contains alphabetical and keyword search indexes and includes information on related email lists. http://www.promedmail.org/pls/askus/f?p=2400:1000:
SARS Reference This site is a medical textbook that provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of severe acute respiratory syndrome. It is edited by Bernd Sebastian Kamps and Christian Hoffmann and is updated every month. http://sarsreference.com/
Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) The Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) is a WHO cabinet project created to focus international attention, resources and action on the global tobacco pandemic. The site contains information on the programs, taskforces and international policies that deal with this epidemic. It also includes information on the health impact of tobacco use and links to tobacco related sites by country. http://tobacco.who.int/
World Health Organization: African Programme for Onchocerciasis The objective of this World Health Organization programme is to eliminate onchocerciasis through a sustainable, community-directed treatment plan and vector control. http://www.who.int/ocp/apoc/
World Health Organization: Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response Organized by disease, this site provides information on each disease: impact, history, geographic distribution and surveillance, and news of outbreaks plus links to other relevant sites. It is available in pdf format in French and Spanish. http://www.who.int/emc/diseases/index.html
World Health Organization: Disease Outbreak News This site reports disease outbreaks that have been submitted to the WHO's Communicable Disease Surveillance and Control Committee. It is a tool to strengthen national and international capacity in the surveillance and control of communicable diseases. http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/
World Health Organization: Emerging and Other Communicable Diseases This site provides reports of disease outbreaks based on data submitted to the WHO's EMC Committee. The site serves as a tool to strengthen national and international capacity in the surveillance and control of communicable diseases. http://www.who.int/disease-outbreak-news/
World Health Organization: Infectious Diseases This site provides full text fact sheets on tropical diseases, including Dengue fever, foodborne trematode infections, malaria, and schistosomiasis and access to the 'Action Against Infection' newsletter that also is available in pdf format in Spanish and French. The site also includes links to related Internet resources. http://www.who.int/ctd/index.html
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