• Associations and Organizations
  
• Clinical Guidelines
  
• Clinical Trials
  
• Databases
  
• Diseases and Disorders
  
• Education Resources
  
• Electronic Books
  
• Images
  
• Journal Tables of Contents, Abstracts, etc.
  
• Journals
  
• Mailing Lists, Discussion Groups and Newsgroups
  
• News Sources
  
• Reference Resources
  
• Statistics
  
• Subject Guides
  
• Texts and Textbooks
  
• Yale University and Yale-New Haven Medical Center
  

Associations and Organizations
(CDC) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
American Society for Microbiology
Emerging and other Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control (WHO) EMC's mission is to strengthen national and international capacity in the surveillance and control of communicable diseases, including those that represent new, emerging and re-emerging public health problems, for which it ensures a timely and effective response.
Global Programme for Vaccines and Immunization (WHO) Agency supports the development, supply and delivery of safe and effective vaccines at affordable prices in all countries. Site include full text of newsletters and related documents.
Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
National Center for Infectious Diseases (CDC)
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH)
Northeast Association for Clinical Microbiology

Clinical Guidelines
Infection Control Manual (Yale-New Haven Hospital) Includes standard precautions, isolation practices, occupational exposure to infectious agents, tuberculosis prevention and control, reportable diseases, infection control guidelines, sterilization/disinfection guidelines, and general infection control information. Access is restricted by IP address to the Yale-New Haven Medical Center Community.
Infectious Diseases Clinical Guidelines (Canadian Medical Association)
National Guideline Clearinghouse (Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)) A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. NGC is sponsored by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans.

Clinical Trials
?GIS Clinical Trials Knowledgebase (AIDS Education Global Information System) Index of AIDS/HIV clinical trials world-wide. Clinical Trials, by category, by location, by disease or condition.
AACTG Members' Sites (Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group) AACTG is funded by the Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. Links to AACTG Members' Sites.
AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service (ACTIS) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Food and Drug Administration, and the National Library of Medicine) Provides currentinformation on federally and privately sponsored clinical trials for people with AIDS and HIV infection.
AIDS Clinical Trials Program (Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale School of Medicine AIDS Program)
AIDS Clinical Trials Resources (American Medical Association)
CTN Clinical Trials DATABASE (Canadian HIV Trials Network) Federally funded, non-profit, national organization created to facilitate HIV/AIDS clinical trial activity in Canada.

Databases
HIV Sequence Database (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group) Funded by the Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Diseases and Disorders
Bacterial and Fungal Diseases (Karolinska Institute Library)
Guidelines for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Disease - 1998 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) MMWR 1998;47(No. RR-1). Covers HIV, genital ulcers, urethritis/cervicitis, PID, HPV, ectoparasitic infections, vaccine-preventable STDs and much more. PDF version (118p.): http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/std_pdf.htm
Parasitic Diseases (Karolinska Institute Library)
Virus Diseases (Karolinska Institute Library)

Education Resources
Emerging Infections Information Network (Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine)
Infectious Disease Teaching Files (MedFiles) Case studies and teaching files from various resources.
Infectious Diseases of the Central Nervous System (University of Iowa College of Medicine)
WebPath: The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education (University of Utah (via a Yale site license)) This version of WebPath is locally loaded and contains over 3100 images in such areas as organ system pathology, general pathology, laboratory exercises and histopatholgy. Also has strong quizzing/testing section with over 2700 examination items. Note: Access to this resource is limited to those on the Yale network, either on campus, or accessing this resource via a Yale PPP account.

Electronic Books
Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases Yale/YNHH only
Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases Yale/YNHH only

Images
WebPath: The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education (University of Utah (via a Yale site license)) This version of WebPath is locally loaded and contains over 3100 images in such areas as organ system pathology, general pathology, laboratory exercises and histopatholgy. Also has strong quizzing/testing section with over 2700 examination items. Note: Access to this resource is limited to those on the Yale network, either on campus, or accessing this resource via a Yale PPP account.

Journal Tables of Contents, Abstracts, etc.
Global Issues: AIDS: The Threat to World Security (U.S. Dept. of State) This issue of Global Issues (vol. 5:no. 2, July 2000) is devoted to the subject of AIDS. Includes a list of selected internet resources.
Hepatitis Weekly (CW Henderson)
World Disease Weekly Plus (CW Henderson)

Journals
American Journal of Infection Control (OVID) Full text available to the Yale/YNHH community from 1995 to the present.
Clinical Infectious Diseases (University of Chicago Press) Full text from vol. 29, no. 5 (Nov. 1999) to the present available to the Yale/YNHH community free with institutional print subscription.
Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease (ScienceDirect (Elsevier)) Full text available to the Yale/YNHH community.
Emerging Infectious Diseases (CDC)
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Springer) Full text from vol. 17, no. 2 (1998) to the present available free with print subscription to Yale/YNHH community.
Food Microbiology (Academic/IDEAL) Restricted by IP address to Yale/YNHH community.
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report (National Center for HIV, STD, & TB Prevention, Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Infection: A Journal of Infectious Disease (Springer) Full text from vol. 27, nos. 4-5 (1999) to the present available to Yale/YNHH community.
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America (MD Consult) Articles from 1996 to the present may be searched in MD Consult. Restricted by IP address to Yale/YNHH community.
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins) Full text from vol. 23 (2000) to the present available during free trial through Dec. 31, 2000.
Journal of Infection (IDEAL/Harcourt Health Sciences) Full text from 2000 to the present available to the Yale/YNHH community.
Journal of Infectious Diseases (University of Chicago Press) Full text from vol. 178, no. 5 (Nov. 1998) to the present available to the Yale/YNHH community free with institutional print subscription.
Journal Watch Infectious Diseases (Massachusetts Medical Society) Full text from Feb. 1998 to the present available during free trial through the end of 2000.
Microbial Ecology (Springer) Free with print subscription. Restricted by IP address to Yale/YNHH community.
Microbial Pathogenesis (Academic/IDEAL) Restricted by IP address to Yale/YNHH community.
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Parasitology Research (Springer) Free with print subscription. Restricted by IP address to Yale/YNHH community.
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal (OVID) Full text available to the Yale/YNHH community from 1996 to the present.
Research Initiative/Treatment Action! (RITA!) (Center for AIDS: Hope & Remembrance Project) Full text available from January 1999 to the present.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (OVID) Full text available to the Yale/YNHH community from 1996 to the present.

Mailing Lists, Discussion Groups and Newsgroups
ProMED (Federation of American Scientists) An international collaboration of leading human, animal, and plant disease profess ionals.

News Sources
Disease Outbreak News (WHO) Full text of current and past issues of newsletter regarding outbreaks of emerging and communicable diseases worldwide.
Infectious Disease News (Slack Inc.)

Reference Resources
Infection Control Manual (Yale-New Haven Hospital) Includes standard precautions, isolation practices, occupational exposure to infectious agents, tuberculosis prevention and control, reportable diseases, infection control guidelines, sterilization/disinfection guidelines, and general infection control information. Access is restricted by IP address to the Yale-New Haven Medical Center Community.
M. tuberculosis: Complete Genome Sequence (Sanger Centre, UK) Complete, 4,000-gene, 4,411,529-base-pair DNA sequence of H37Rv, the best-characterized strain of the organism. Links to Nature 393, 537-544 (1998): "Deciphering the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the complete genome sequence".
Online Directory of Diplomates (American Board of Internal Medicine) Search for board certified physicians in internal medicine and all subspecialties by ZIP code, city, county, or country.

Statistics
AIDS Epidemic Update (UNAIDS, United Nations) Global summary of AIDS statistics.
Asthma and Allergy Statistics Factsheet (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report (National Center for HIV, STD, & TB Prevention, Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Measles Weekly Surveillance Bulletin (Pan American Health Organization) provides information on cases of suspected measles, such as the number of cases reported by country and their final diagnoses; covers U.S., Canada, Mexico, Central and South America.
Polio Weekly Surveillance Bulletin (Pan American Health Organization) Provides information on cases of acute flaccid paralysis, such as the number of cases reported by country, their laboratory status and final diagnoses; covers US, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America.
Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report (CDC) Data include types of sexually transmitted disease in the US by state, region, or city.

Subject Guides
AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service (ACTIS) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Food and Drug Administration, and the National Library of Medicine) Provides currentinformation on federally and privately sponsored clinical trials for people with AIDS and HIV infection.
Infectious Diseases (MedMark)
Johns Hopkins Infectious Diseases (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine--Division of Infectious Diseases) A clean, well-lighted place for comprehensive information on infectious diseases.
Medical Matrix (Healthtel Corporation) A multidiscipline guide to ranked, peer-reviewed, annotated, and updated clinical medicine resources. Registration is free but required.

Texts and Textbooks
Infectious Disease Reviews for Primary Care Providers (Allegheny University of the Health Sciences)
Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (CDC) Contains links to the first four (of five) sections of the Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases. This manual was originally used in conjunction with the live satellite videoconference Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, which aired on December 5, 1996. The manual can be used by nurses, physicians, sanitarians, infection control practitioners, laboratorians, epidemiologists, disease reporters, and others who are involved in the surveillance and reporting of vaccine-preventable diseases. It was designed to provide useful and practical guidance for surveillance activities at the local and state level.
Navy Medical Department Guide to Malaria Prevention and Control (Virtual Naval Hospital)
Scientific American Medicine-SAM (Scientific American, Inc.) Restricted to members of the Yale-New Haven Medical Center community.Scientific American Medicine provides physicians, residents, physician assistants, nurse practitioners,and medical students a current and comprehensive medical information resource, covering all 15 subspecialties of internal medicine.
The "Bad Bug" Book (Food and Drug Administration) This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins.

Yale University and Yale-New Haven Medical Center
AIDS Clinical Trials Program (Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale School of Medicine AIDS Program)
Emerging Infections Information Network (Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine)
Infection Control Manual (Yale-New Haven Hospital) Includes standard precautions, isolation practices, occupational exposure to infectious agents, tuberculosis prevention and control, reportable diseases, infection control guidelines, sterilization/disinfection guidelines, and general infection control information. Access is restricted by IP address to the Yale-New Haven Medical Center Community.