Infectious Diseases

• Latest News
• U.S. Researchers Report Emergence of Epidemic Strain of C. Difficile (10/03/2004, Canadian Press)
• BioWar: Blood Tests at Labs Not Required (09/22/2004, United Press International)
• Scientists Advance the Fight Against SARS (09/21/2004, Reuters Health)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Microbes in Sickness and in Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

• Overviews
• Addressing Infectious Disease Threats (Directors of Health Promotion and Education)
• From Bacteria to Parasites: Understanding Infections (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• White Blood Cell Count (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Communicable Diseases (National Institutes of Health)

• Specific Conditions
• Do You Know What Role Microbes Play in These Products? (American Society for Microbiology)
• Evaluating Your Risk: How Likely Are You to Catch an Infectious Disease? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• How Infectious Disease Spreads (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Infections in Individuals with Cancer (American Cancer Society)
• Infections That Pets Carry (Nemours Foundation)
• Infectious Facts (Directors of Health Promotion and Education)

• Prevention/Screening
• Clean Your Hands: A Simple Way to Prevent Infection (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Ounce of Prevention: Keeps the Germs Away (National Center for Infectious Diseases)

• Related Issues
• Overcoming Antimicrobial Resistance (World Health Organization)
• Problem of Antimicrobial Resistance (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• Using Antibiotics Sensibly (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Research
• Antibacterial Products Don't Reduce Risk of Infection (Nemours Foundation)
• Maternal Prenatal Factors and Infectious Disease in Children (Nemours Foundation)

• Genetics
• Deciphering Pathogens: Blueprints for New Medical Tools (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - Links to PDF File - Large file
• Know Your Enemy: Determining the Genetic Blueprint of Disease-Causing Microorganisms (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

• Directories
• StatePublicHealth.org (Association of State and Territorial Health Officials)

• Organizations
• Directors of Health Promotion and Education
• National Center for Infectious Diseases
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

• Statistics
• FASTATS: Infectious Disease (National Center for Health Statistics)

• Women
• What You Can Do to Keep Germs from Harming You or Your Baby (National Center for Infectious Diseases) - Links to PDF File

• Children
• Repeated Infections in Children (American Academy of Family Physicians)