Emerging Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

WHO-OMS World Health Organization

Viral Chic

CELLS alive!

The Vaccine Page

Introduction to Immunology Tutorial

The Coming Plague

Infectious Disease as an Evolutionary Paradigm

Evolution of Pathogenicity: Emerging Infectious Diseases — seminar at Yale

Dr. Darwin — by Lori Oliwenstein (Discover magazine article on Darwinian medicine)

New Scientist Planet Science: Evolution and Healing — book review

World Health Crisis - Superbugs Emerging

Antibiotic resistance

The Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections

Miracle Drugs vs. Superbugs (Antibiotics)

Antibiotics Versus Superbugs

Overprescribing: Misuse of Antibiotics Creates Superbugs

Antibiotic resistant bacteria - Superbugs thrive in hospitals

Superbugs That Resist All Current Drugs Are Coming

Superbugs take hold

Superbugs step up the pace

HeraldNet - Rise of 'superbugs' prompts new warning

Antibiotics In Agriculture Creating Superbugs

Helicobacter Pylori Causes Most Ulcers and Other Stomach Ailments

Helicobacter pylori: The Etiologic Agent for Peptic Ulcer — Lasker Lecture (JAMA) — Barry J. Marshall, MD

Official Mad Cow Disease Home Page
Why Files on Mad Cow Disease
USDA BSE page
FDA BSE page
PBS "The Brain Eater" (Mad Cow) Resource Page

Bioterror

The Growing Threat of Biological Weapons - American Scientist article (Jan/Feb 2001) by Steven Block, Stanford Univ.

"Bioterror" program & online resources (Nova/WGBH; rebroadcast 2/12/2002)

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)

 

Epidemiology of Bioterrorism

 

Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections - Saint Louis University, School of Public Health

 

Bioterrorism - symposium that was held in 1999 (audio of presentations available online)

 

Biological warfare emerges as 21st-century threat 1-01

 

Bioterrorism (New Scientist)

 

Bioterror (Access Excellence - 1999)

 

CNN - Most U.S. hospitals found unprepared to handle chemical, biological attack - January 11, 2000

The Need To Know Newsletter January 6, 2000, Page Three

 

Potential Biological Weapons Threat (CDC)

FDA-CFSAN Bad Bug Book Introduction to Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins

Anthrax specific

Science News - Anthrax

 

Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program

 

Situation Report - Anthrax

 

Growing Threat — Anthrax & Bioterror (MSNBC reports)

Apoptosis

The Bacteria in the Stone   Extra-tiny microorganisms may lead to kidney stones and other diseases

Biology 201 Syllabus

Science News Online (11-21-98) Microbe linked to Alzheimer’s disease

Science News Online (10-17-98) Infections May Underlie Cerebral Palsy

New Scientist Planet Science Award-winning weekly news from around the world — Ulcers on tap

Evolution of Infectious Disease by Paul Ewald, Oxford University Press, 1994.

"A New Germ Theory" by Judith Hooper (Atlantic Monthly, Feb. 1999, p. 41-53; describes work of Paul Ewald and Gregory Cochran attributing heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's, and mental illness — in many [but not all] cases — to infectious agents, based on evolutionary arguments and medical evidence).

"The Evolution of Virulence" by Paul Ewald, Scientific American, April 1993, pp. 86-93.

"Emerging Viruses" by Bernard Le Guenno, Scientific American, October 1995, pp. 56-64.

"Revenge of the Killer Microbes" Time cover story, September 12, 1994, pp. 62-69.