Epidemics through History

 

Online Database Resources

World Book Encyclopedia
http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Login?ed=wb

Ebsco
http://search.ebscohost.com/

Discovering Collection
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/galenet/fairfield3?cause=http%3A%2F%2Ffind.galegroup.com%2Fsrcx%2Fstart.do%3FprodId%3DDC%26userGroupName%3Dfairfield3%26finalAuth%3Dtrue&cont=&sev=temp&type=session&sserv=no

Gale Virtual Reference Library
http://find.galegroup.com/menu/commonmenu.do?userGroupName=fair63500&action=updateCspList&prod=GVRL-0&DB=GVRL-0

 

Global Health Initiatives

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalHealth/ (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)

http://www.cdc.gov/excite/ (CDC program- Teaching Epidemiology and the Science of Public Health)

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/student.htm (Centers for Disease Control – CDC)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infectiousdiseases.html (National Institutes of Health – NIH)

http://www.who.int/topics/infectious_diseases/en/ (World Health Organization – WHO)

http://fas.org/ahead/ (Federation of American Scientists)

http://www.idsociety.org/ (Infectious Diseases Society of America)

http://www.nfid.org (National Foundation for Infectious Diseases)

http://hopkins-abxguide.org (Johns Hopkins)

http://www.isid.org (International Society for Infectious Diseases)

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/ (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/final/infds/infds.htm (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease – NIAID)

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/infectious-disease/ID00004 (Mayo Clinic)

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/1797.html (American Medical Association)

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/ (Epidemic! The World of Infectious Disease)

 

Human Diseases

 

African Sleeping Sickness

http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/adult_travel/african.cfm

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001362.htm

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs259/en/

http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/adult_travel/african.cfm

 

Anthrax

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/anthrax_g.htm

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/anthrax/

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/anthrax.html

 

Bird Flu

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/birdflu.html

http://www.pandemicflu.gov/index.html

 

Bubonic Plaque

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110522/Bubonic.htm

http://www.themiddleages.net/plague.html

http://www.nps.gov/public_health/inter/info/factsheets/fs_plague.htm

 

Cholera

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/cholera/

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/cholera_g.htm

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs107/en/index.html

http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/cholera.html

http://www.medicinenet.com/cholera/article.htm

 

Distempter

http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_canine_distemper.html

http://www.vetinfo.com/dencyclopedia/dedistemper.html

http://www.sniksnak.com/cathealth/distemper.html

 

E.Coli

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/escherichiacoli_g.htm

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/ecoli.html

http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/digestive/disorders/242.html

http://people.ku.edu/~jbrown/ecoli.html

 

Ebola

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/ebola.htm

http://www.dhpe.org/infect/ebola.html

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001339.htm

http://virus.stanford.edu/filo/filo.html

 

HIV/Aids

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hiv-aids/DS00005

http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/

 

Leprosy

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001347.htm

http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/leprosy/fact_sheet.htm

http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/leprosy/fact_sheet.htm

http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Leprosy_explained?open

http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/disease/leprosy/index.html

 

Lyme Disease

http://www.medicinenet.com/lyme_disease/article.htm

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/lymedisease.html

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/lyme-disease/DS00116

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/lyme.html

 

Malaria

http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/

http://www.malaria.org/

http://www.malarianomore.org/

http://www.nothingbutnets.net/

http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/

 

Measles

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/measles.html

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/measles.html

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/measles/DS00331

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/measles/article_em.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/measles/in-short-adult.htm

http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/yellowBookCh4-Measles.aspx


Meningitis

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/lung/meningitis.html

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/meningitis/DS00118

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/meningitis.html

 

Monkeypox

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/monkeypox/

http://www.fda.gov/cber/infosheets/monkeypox.htm

http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/infect/monkeypox.htm

http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/WWW/335/Monkeypox.html

 

Pandemic Flu

http://www.pandemicflu.gov/

http://1918.pandemicflu.gov/index.htm

http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/pandemicflu/

 

Pneumonia
http://www.medicinenet.com/pneumonia/article.htm

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pneumonia/DS00135

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/pneumonia.html

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pneumonia.html

 

Polio

http://www.iowacenterforthebook.org/air/ips/

http://www.polio.com/

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/polio.html

http://www.dhpe.org/infect/polio.html

http://www.polioeradication.org/

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/polio/DS00572

 

Rabies

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/kidsrabies/

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/rabies.html

http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/yellowBookCh4-Rabies.aspx

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/rabies.html

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/rabies/article_em.htm

 

Salmonella

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/salmonellosis_g.htm

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/stomach/salmonellosis.html

http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/hb/hbsam.htm

 

Scarlet Fever

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/scarlet_fever.html

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/scarletfever_g.htm

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000974.htm

http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/19686.html

Smallpox

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/jenner_edward.shtml

http://www.smallpox.gov/

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smallpox.html

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/smallpox/en/

 

Spanish Flu

http://www.pandemicinfluenza.org/flu-facts.html

http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/

http://www.ninthday.com/spanish_flu.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no01/05-0979.htm

 

Staph Infections

http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/infections/bacterial_viral/staph.html

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/staph-infections/DS00973

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/staphylococcalinfections.html

 

Tuberculosis

http://www.cdc.gov/tb/faqs/default.htm

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tuberculosis.html

http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/MTB/MTB.html

 

Typhoid Fever

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/typhoidfever_g.htm

http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/typhoid_fever/fact_sheet.htm

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001332.htm

 

West Nile

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/westnilevirus.html

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/west-nile-virus/DS00438

http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/wnv.htm

 

Whooping Cough

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/lung/whooping_cough.html

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/whoopingcough.html

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/whooping-cough/DS00445

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/whooping_cough/article_em.htm

 

Yellow Fever

http://www.dhpe.org/infect/yellow.html

http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/yellow_fever/fact_sheet.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/yellowfever/YF_FactSheet.html

http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/yellowBookCh4-YellowFever.aspx

http://news.google.com/archivesearch?hl=en&safe=active&rlz=1G1_____ENUS248&q=Yellow+fever&um=1&ie=UTF-8&scoring=t&sa=X&oi=archive&ct=title

 

 

Animal Diseases

Feline Leukemia

http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/brochures/felv.html

http://www.catchat.org/leukaemia.html

http://www.felineleukemia.org/

http://www.priory.com/vet/feleuv01.htm

 

Mad Cow Disease

http://science.howstuffworks.com/mad-cow-disease.htm

http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/bse.html

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/submenus/sub_bse.htm

http://www.mad-cow-facts.com/

 

 

Plant Diseases

 

Potato Blight

http://whyfiles.org/128potato_blight/

http://www.allotment.org.uk/vegetable/potato/potato-blight.php

http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/famine/blight.html


Tobacco Mosaic Virus

http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/DG1168.html

http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-definition/Tobacco_mosaic_virus/

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