Tropical Medicine

• Associations & Societies
• Dictionaries & Reference Tools
• Directories & General Resources
• Disease Specific Resources
• International Resources
• Schools & Institutions
• U.S. Government Resources

Associations & Societies

• American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene - Contains links to membership and conference information, the ASTMH Newsletter, the American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, funding opportunities, and more.
• Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation - From the University of Florida
• ProMED - Federation of American Scientists policy initiative calling for global monitoring of emerging diseases.
• Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Dictionaries & Reference Tools

• Dictionary of Epidemiology - Maintained by the Plant Sciences Department at the University of Cambridge.

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Directories & General Resources

• Epidemiology Virtual Library Page

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Disease Specific Resources

Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)

• DMBD - Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) - Technical Information - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases
• Global Alliance for Leprosy Elimination - Novartis Foundation (NFSD)
• Leprosy: Cause, Cure and Deformity Care - Novartis Foundation (NFSD)
• WHO/OMS: Leprosy - World Health Organization

Lyme Disease

• LDF: Lyme Disease Foundation, Inc. - Certified Medinex Health Site; recipient of the NIH Award for increasing public awareness of Lyme Disease.
• Lyme Disease - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases
• Lyme Disease Network - Non-profit foundation dedicated to public education of the prevention and treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses.
  • LymeNet Newsletter
• Lots of Links on Lyme Disease

Malaria

• Malaria - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Parasitic Diseases
• Malaria and Infectious Diseases in Africa
• Malaria Database
• World Health Organization/Tropical Disease Research Malaria Database

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

• Preventing the Spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Public Health Training Network
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Consumer Health Information Service (CHIS)
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - World Health Organization (WHO)

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International Resources

• BDT Base de Dados Tropical Web
• Pan American Health Organization - Country health profiles, disaster information and other information from PAHO publications.
• QTROP Society of fine chemistry to fight tropical diseases - English summary
• Société de Pathologie Exotique
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• Action Against Infection Newsletter

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Schools & Institutions

• Department of Tropical Medicine - Tulane University
• Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology - John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa

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U.S. Government Resources

• The Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
• CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases
• Division of Parasitic Diseases

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