Microbiology & Virology

See also Academic Info: Virology

Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories
4th ed., May 1999.
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health

Dialogue on Diarrhoea Online
The International Newsletter on the Control of Diarrhoeal Diseases

Emerging Infectious Diseases
A Peer-Reviewed Journal Tracking and Analyzing Disease Trends

• "Migratory Birds and Spread of West Nile Virus in the Western Hemisphere"
  Vol. 6, No. 4, July-August 2000

immunobiology - animations .
"a set of animations designed by Blink Studio Ltd to accompany Immunobiology The Immune System in Health and Disease, 5th edition by Charles A. Janeway and Paul Travers"

Lab Tests Online
"A public resource on clinical lab testing from the laboratory professionals who do the testing."

Medical Microbiology
Collection of computerized teaching materials used during an infectious diseases course
By Neal R. Chamberlain, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine

MIC-KIBIC MeSH Index - Bacterial and Fungal Diseases
Karolinska Institute

MIC-KIBIC MeSH Index - Parasitic Diseases
Karolinska Institute

MIC-KIBIC MeSH Index - Virus Diseases
Karolinska Institute

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa

National Center for Infectious Diseases (U.S.)

• International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases - Online Presentations

National Institutes of Health (U.S.)

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • Division of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases - (dead link)
    • NIAID Reference Reagent Repository
      "This valuable resource of biological reference material was originally established by the NIAID to provide viral reference reagents to researchers who were interested in carrying out comparative viral research. Over time, the repositoryís viral reagent inventory expanded to include additional reference products such as mycoplasmas, allergens and immunologic reagents."

Parasitological URL's
David Gibson, Natural History Museum, London, UK

Parasitology Artifacts - Fact or Artifact?
Parasitology Tutorial
"The purpose of this site is to teach microscopists morphological criteria required to differentiate clinically important parasites from artifact material regularly seen in fecal samples and specimens from other body sites...This site is a supplementary source of reference material that is available to help advanced and beginner microscopists minimize identification errors by being better able to differentiate 'facts from artifacts.'"
Microbiology & Public Health for Northern Alberta at the University of Alberta

PBS - NOVA - Killer Disease on Campus (aired September 3, 2002)
"Doctors combat the deadliest form of meningitis, which strikes young people out of the blue."
Sections include: Interview and Personal Essay (Amy's Story, Behind the Scenes) ; Interactives and Animations (Killer in the Bloodstream, Making Vaccines) ; FAQs ; Links ; Books ; Teacher's Guide ; Transcript.

salmonella.org
By Stanley Maloy, Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois and Rob Edwards, Department of Molecular Sciences, University of Tennessee, Memphis.

SUPERCOURSE, Epidemiology, the Internet and the Global Health
"This course is designed to provide an overview on epidemiology and the Internet for medical and health related students around the world."

University of Rochester Medical Center - Department of Microbiology and Immunology

World Health Organization

• Library & Information Networks for Knowledge
  • Historical Collections
    • League of Nations Malaria Documents - (dead link)
      "The following is an extract from the League of Nations: Ten Years of World Cooperation Geneva. League of Nations Publication, 1931"
    • Rare Books on Plague, Smallpox and Epidemiology
      "Materials covering smallpox, malaria and other diseases prevalent at the beginning of the XX century, are also included. Our oldest book on plague dates from 1507 while our oldest treatise on epidemiology was published in 1518."