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Infectious Diseases

Cells Alive! -- interactive animations and illustrations to illustrate how the immune system works in the human body
     http://www.cellsalive.com
Immunization Action Coalition -- Information for children, adolescents, and adults
     http://www.immunize.org
Vaccine Information Sheets in English and Spanish -- for measles, rubella, tetanus, hepatitis A & B, influenza, chickenpox, polio, diphtheria, and more
     http://www.immunize.org/vis/index.htm
Color Photographs of people with vaccine preventable diseases
     http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/pict001.htm
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
     http://www.niaid.nih.gov/default.htm
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
     http://www.aaaai.org
American Social Health Organization
     http://www.ashastd.org
Assess Your Risk for HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases
     http://www.thebody.com/surveys/sexsurvey.html
AIDS Fact Sheets
     http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/hiv_aids/pubs/facts.htm
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP)
     http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/hiv_aids/dhap.htm
HIV In Site: Gateway to AIDS Knowledge -- links in English and Spanish
     http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu
HIV and Pregnancy
     http://www.aafp.org/patientinfo/preg_hiv.html

American Medical Association HIV/AIDS Information Center
     http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/1944.html
AIDS Statistics from the AMA
     http://www.ama-assn.org/special/hiv/search/search.htm
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)
     http://www.caps.ucsf.edu
The NAMES Project - AIDS Memorial Quilt
     http://www.aidsquilt.org
Patterns for Condom Use Among Adolescents -- Information from the American Journal of Public Health
     http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/news/con_use.htm
Condoms and Their Use in Preventing HIV and other STD's
     http://www.bellaonline.com/ArticlesP/art18161.asp
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
     http://familydoctor.org/handouts/031.html
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis - Why get Vaccinated?
     http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/VIS/vis-dtp.txt
E. coli infection
     http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/foodborn/e_coli.htm
Influenza -- infection and vaccination
     http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/flu/fluvirus.htm
Foodborne illnesses
     http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/flu/fluvirus.htm
Herpes
     http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/Genital_Herpes_facts.htm
Gonorrhea -- fact sheet
     http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dastlr/gcdir/gono.html
Hemophilus influenza infection
     http://www.healthcentral.com/peds/top/000612.cfm
Infectious Mononucleosis
     http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1499.htm

Lyme Disease

Facts
     http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/fact/lyme.htm
Spotlight
     http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lymeinfo.htm

Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR)

     http://www.childrens.com/patients_families/healthinfo/index.cfm?ID=568&parent=1

Meningitis

Bacteria
     http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/bactmen.htm
Viral
     http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/virlmen.htm

Pneumococcal (Strep) Diseases

     http://www.drgreene.com/21_1196.html
Rabies
     http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/rabies
Scabies
     http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdother.htm#std8
Syphilis
     http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdsyph.htm
Toxic Shock Syndrome
     http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/toxic_shock.html

Tuberculosis

National Institutes of Health:
     http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/tb.htm
American Medical Association
     http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/toxic_shock.html
Urinary Tract Infections
     http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/urolog/pubs/utiadult/utiadult.htm
Vaginal Infections
     http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdvag.htm
Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- general info on prevention and treatment
     http://www.unspeakable.com/std-index.html
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention -- information from the CDC
     http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/dstdp.html
STD Quiz
     http://www.unspeakable.com/nph-survey.cgi?tag=std

STD Risk Profiler -- take this simple test to see your relative risk of acquiring a STD

     http://www.unspeakable.com/profiler/profiler.html
STD's in Women -- from American Institute of Preventive Medicine
     http://www.healthy.net/library/books/healthyself/womens/std.htm

Chlamydia

     http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdclam.htm
Human Papilloma Virus and Genital Warts
     http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdhpv.htm

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