Selected and rated by Vedant Kulkarni and Roni F. Zeiger, MD
Bacterial and Fungal Diseases - CDC
This CDC site contains an alphabetical listing of clinically relevant bacteria and fungi. For each organism, 'General Information' is offered for patients, and 'Technical Information' for clinicians includes clinical features, incidence, sequelae, etc.
Traveler's Health Information - CDC
This CDC site provides vital information for the international traveler and for clinicians. By geographic area, the site describes vaccine recommendations, known disease outbreaks, and other health tips. The user can also search for specific diseases, such as traveler's diarrhea.
Infectious Disease Information - National Center for Infectious Diseases
The NCID site offers fact sheets on over 100 common infectious diseases worldwide listed alphabetically. The site also includes sections on topics including animal- and food-related diseases, nosocomial diseases, and antimicrobial resistance.
Traveler's Health Information - WHO
This page from the WHO provides travelers with country-specific information regarding vaccines, disease prophylaxis, and other issues relevant to traveler's health.
New York State - Communicable Diseases Fact Sheet
General information about infectious and communicable diseases, listed alphabetically, maintained by the New York State Department. Includes information in Spanish.
Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal - CDC
A free full-text peer-reviewed journal from the National Centers for Infectious Diseases that tracks the emergence of new infectious diseases as well as the reemergence of old ones.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - CDC
This widely read publication from the CDC presents three to four articles of epidemiologic interest each week. The site contains direct links to full-text articles and permits downloading of the entire journal in PDF format.
STD Prevention - CDC
Excellent resources from the CDC such as fact sheets on each STD and treatment guidelines, including a PDA download of the 2002 STD treatment guidelines.
STD Basics - San Francisco City Clinic
Patient-friendly summaries of each STD, a risk chart showing which types of sex predispose to which STDs, and other useful patient resources.
Oral Rehydration Therapy
Instructions on making home-made oral rehydration solutions and purchasing packaged ones. Also includes information on how to effectively rehydrate someone suffering from dehydration, which kills thousands of children worldwide each day.
Infectious Diseases of the Central Nervous System - University of Iowa
This page contains a teaching module on infectious diseases of the central nervous system provided by the Virtual Hospital. Particularly useful are links to high-quality images of pyogenic meningitis, granulomatous meningitis, and lymphocytic meningitis.