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Avian and Pandemic Influenza (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site contains brief annotated links to useful
information on the avian and pandemic influenza. It is
accessible by keyword search or broad subject topics
including research, new and statistics and regions including
‘worldwide.’ The site is maintained by the
Clinical Sciences Library, University of Leichester, UK.
http://www.le.ac.uk/li/clinical/influenza/
Global Polio Eradication Initiative (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This extensive site is supported by WHO, Rotary
International, CDC and UNICEF. It features a wealth of
general and epidemiological information on polio and its
eradication. The site also contains press releases, fact
sheets, individual country profiles, full text documents
(some also in French), photographs, videos, and a meeting
agenda.
http://www.polioeradication.org
Hepatitis Information Network (HEPNET)
HEPNET contains a series of category links with updates on
patient care issues, serology, new clinical papers and news
releases plus links to other hepatitis sites.
http://www.hepnet.com/
PubMed - Free Fulltext Articles on Viral Diseases (79000+)
This PubMed search will identify all viral related free
fulltext ejournal articles within the database. Within the
search results, there are links to the fulltext material. By
repeating this search periodically, you will find new
fulltext articles that are added to the PubMed database
weekly. Essential Health Links contains similar searches for
most subpages listed in the Specific Health Resources table
of contents.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=pubmed&details_term=%22loattrfree%20full%20text%22%5Bsb%5D%20AND%20%28%28%22virus%20diseases%22%5BTIAB%5D%20NOT%20Medline%5BSB%5D%29%20OR%20%22virus%20diseases%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20Viral%20Diseases%5BText%20Word%5D%29
SARS Reference
This site is a medical textbook that
provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of severe
acute respiratory syndrome. It is edited by Bernd Sebastian
Kamps and Christian Hoffmann and is updated every month.
http://sarsreference.com/
Smallpox and its Eradication (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This is the full-text edition of the extensive monograph
covering all aspects of smallpox, written by F. Fenner et al.
and published by WHO in 1988.
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/smallpox/9241561106.pdf
WHO: Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site is maintained by the WHO's Communicable Disease
Surveillance & Response (CSR) department. Apart from
general information (fact sheets, WHO manuals) and disease
outbreak updates on Ebola, it contains a number of videos
(RealPlayer), which are also presented as photo series.
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/
WHO: Influenza (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site is maintained by the WHO�s Communicable Disease
Surveillance & Response (CSR) department. Its features
include general information (fact sheets), disease outbreak
updates on Influenza (including avian influenza),
surveillance activities (global agenda), vaccine
recommendations, a calendar of meetings and training
activities and many full-text WHO documents.
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/
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