Medical Microbiology

MedicalMicrobiologyandtheInternet

Anever-growingnumberofwebsitesspecifictoproblemsinmicrobiology,

infection,andcommunicablediseasearetodayavailableontheInternet.

Belowisacompilationofthemostimportantaddresses.

Institution Internetaddress Description

WorldHealthOrganization http://www.who.ch/ HomepagefortheWHO

http://www.who.int/emc/ WHOsubsiteproviding

weeklyinfectiousdisease

news,prevention,andtravel

informationworldwide

CentersforDiseaseControl

andPrevention(CDC)

http://www.cdc.gov/ HomepagefortheCDC

http://www.cdc.gov/travel/

index.htm

CDCsubsiteprovidinginfor-

mationfortravelers

http://www.cdc.gov/

ncidod/id_links.htm

CDCsubsitewithlinksrelated

toinfectiousdiseases

http://www.cdc.gov/nip CDCsubsiterecommending

childhoodandadolescent

immunizationschedules—USA

AmericanSocietyof

Microbiology(ASM)

http://www.asm.org/search HomepageoftheASM.

Linkstomedicalmicrobology

andinfectiousdiseases

InfectiousDiseaseSociety

ofAmerica(IDSA)

http://www.idsociety.org/

index.html

HomepageofIDSAproviding

linkstoinfectiousdiseases

InternationalSocietyfor

InfectiousDiseases(ISID)

http://idis.org HomepageofISIDproviding

linkstoinfectiousdiseases

PublicHealthLaboratory

Service(PHLS),equivalent

toCDCforGreatBritain

http://www.co.uk HomepageofthePHLS.Links

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