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INFECTIOUS DISEASE Websites
The Library has 299 websites and
16 results for the descriptor "infectious disease".
- 1. ABX Guide (Antibiotics Guide)
- Provider:Johns Hopkins University
- Keywords: drugs , infectious disease , PDA access , CME , physician
- Description: Browse this website by diagnosis, drug, pathogen, management and vaccine categories. Free registration required. This site is meant for medical professionals. Also contains links to other Johns Hopkins resources- their Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Global Health, HIV Guide and more.
- 2. AHRQ: Public Health Emergency Preparedness
- Provider:Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- Keywords: clinical studies , disaster , emergency medicine , federal agencies , healthcare system , infectious disease , public health , healthcare administration , healthcare professional , hospitals , pandemic , bioterrorism , emergency preparedness
- Description: This website for healthcare professionals addresses community planning, mass prophylaxis, pandemic influenza, pediatric care and surge capacity issues in public health emergencies. It includes links to AHRQ Evidence Reports, relevant conferences and published research projects.
- 3. AIDSinfo
- Provider:DHHS/National Institutes of Health
- Keywords: clinical trials , drugs , clinical practice guidelines , infectious disease , public health , NIH , AIDS , vaccine
- Description: AIDS information for the practitioner is arranged in tabbed pages for practice guidelines, AIDS drug information, a clinical trials list, vaccine information, and coinfections and other accompanying health conditions. There is also a page of miscellaneous additional information, which includes links for young students writing papers about AIDS and a glossary of terms.
- 4. CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response: Natural Disasters and Severe Weather
- Provider:CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Keywords: disaster , federal agencies , infectious disease , public health , safety , food safety , weather , emergency preparedness
- Description: The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) provides a website of useful fact sheets on the hazards of, and how to prepare for, natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires etc. with a particular focus on safeguarding health of people and pets in the aftermath of such events. Some sections are also posted in Chinese, Spanish, German, French, Vietnamese, Haitian Creole and Portuguese. The left-hand sidebar links to pages on topics like bioterrorism, chemical hazards, radiation and disease outbreaks.
- 5. CDC H1N1 Flu (Swine Influenza) page
- Provider:CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Keywords: consumer health , federal agencies , infectious disease , public health , communicable diseases , physician , disease , podcasts , RSS feed , travel medicine , H1N1 , pandemic , epidemic , zoonoses
- Description: This web page from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention carries daily updates on the spread of Swine Flu. Includes the number of cases reported by state, press briefings, reports, travel advisories, and guidance for health care professionals and the public.
- 6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Provider:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US Dept. of Health & Human Services)
- Keywords: consumer health , government , infectious disease , public health , communicable diseases
- Description: A good source of up-to-date consumer health information, as well as practitioner- and research-oriented and statistical public health information.
- 7. Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education
- Provider:Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education
- Keywords: audiology , conference , courseware , dentistry , emergency medicine , infectious disease , nursing , pharmacology , psychiatry , psychology , social work , student , surgery , video , neurology , continuing education , CME , bioengineering , physician , podcasts , dermatology , ophthalmology , allergy , cardiology
- Description: The Cleveland Clinic, certified by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, provides this website with a wide selection of (text and video) online CME units in approximately 40 medical specialties. Nursing, Dentistry and Health Care Administration are included along with medical specialties from Allergy/Immunology to Women's Health. A series of fee-based, live CME conferences is also offered.
- 8. Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics
- Provider:Harvard University Library's Open Collections Program
- Keywords: books , digital , history of medicine , infectious disease , journal , policy , research , sociology , full text , images
- Description: This resource is a "...digital collection of resources for students of the history of medicine and for researchers seeking a historical context for epidemiology." (MLA News, Novermber/December 2008.) This collection provides general background information on diseases and epidemics worldwide, and is organized according to significant episodes of contagious disease. A timeline of dates of diseases and epidemics between 1494 and 1948 highlights events covered in the collection. Includes more than 500,000 pages of digitized copies of books, serials, pamphlets, incunabula and manuscripts.
- 9. e-Meducation
- Provider:AIBS (Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences)
- Keywords: graduate medical education , clinical practice guidelines , infection , infectious disease , portal , CME , multilingual , parasite
- Description: This portal lists and presents international medical education resources, mostly open-access. Included are linked lists of guidelines published by medical professional and specialty societies and government agencies worldwide, and Teaching Cases from the AIBS. The majority of information presented here is focused on infection and infectious diseases, including surgical infection and parasitic/zoonotic infections.
- 10. Enviro-Health Links - Swine Flu
- Provider:National Library of Medicine
- Keywords: federal agencies , infectious disease , NLM , public health , communicable diseases , links , H1N1 , pandemic , epidemic , zoonoses
- Description: This page from NLM and its SIS Environmental Health and Toxicology Specialized Information Services is a comprehensive source of links to Swine Flu information. This page can also be accessed via a link on the PubMed website.
- 11. Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR) - Swine Influenza
- Provider:World Health Organization (WHO)
- Keywords: infectious disease , public health , WHO , communicable diseases , international , H1N1 , pandemic , epidemic , zoonoses
- Description: Swine Flu information and updates from the World Health Organization.
- 12. Flu.gov
- Provider:U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Keywords: biomedical research , consumer health , federal agencies , infectious disease , public health , tests , communicable diseases , news , travel medicine , H1N1 , pandemic , epidemic , epidemiology , zoonoses
- Description: This DHHS (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) website presents a wealth of information on the Avian and Swine Influenzas. This is, as the site declares, "one stop access to U.S. Government swine, avian and pandemic flu information." The site provides sections on: planning and preparation, from government to family level; tests, vaccines and medications; bird and animal issues; research activities; global activities; news and multimedia resources; economic impacts; and links to state government websites and contacts.
- 13. Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
- Provider:IDSA
- Keywords: clinical practice guidelines , infectious disease , PDA access , public health
- Description: Much information and many links to other useful resources about infectious diseases. Practice guidelines, many available for PDA download; fact sheets.
- 14. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- Provider:NIAID (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Keywords: clinical studies , federal agencies , infectious disease , public health , AIDS , vaccine , allergy , bioterrorism , immune system
- Description: An agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) "...conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases." Publications and reports, information on clinical studies, and general information on conditions and diseases falling within its scope of research. NIAID's scope has expanded to also include biodefense/bioterror issues in recent years.
- 15. Public Health Image Library (PHIL)
- Provider:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Keywords: biomedical , infectious disease , public health , toxicology , video , continuing education , images
- Description: From the website: "...the PHIL offers an organized, universal electronic gateway to CDC's pictures. We welcome public health professionals, the media, laboratory scientists, educators, students, and the worldwide public to use this material for reference, teaching, presentation, and public health messages. The content is organized into hierarchical categories of people, places, and science, and is presented as single images, image sets, and multimedia files."
- 16. The Lancet's H1N1 Resource Center
- Provider:TheLancet.com
- Keywords: infectious disease , journal , public health , news , international , H1N1 , epidemic
- Description: The Lancet, a venerable British medical journal, is providing free resources for the health care community on the H1N1 influenza virus. Research articles from Elsevier journals, a news feed from Elsevier Global Medical News, and up-to-date information on the H1N1 pandemic from the CDC, ECDC, Eurosurveillance, PandemicFlu.gov, UK Health Protection Agency, and WHO websites are all available at this website.
