| Cells
Alive! |
Includes HIV infection, cell structure,
allergies, antibodies, penicillin, etc. |
| DPDx |
Identification and diagnosis of parasites
of public health concern, produced by Centers for Disease Control
& Prevention, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division
of Parasitic Diseases. Excellent source of information on parasites! |
| Protist
News |
Excellent annotated links from Howard Hughes
Medical Institute at UCLA |
| Parasitic
Diseases |
from the Karolinska Institutet (Sweden's
medical school) |
| Protists
as human parasites |
Trypanosoma, Leishmania, Giardia, Trichomonas,
Entamoeba, Naegleria, Acanthamoeba, Plasmodium, Toxoplasma, Cryptosporidium,
Isospora, Balantidium |
| Malaria |
Department of Microbiology & Immunology,
University of Leicester |
| Introduction
to the bacteria. |
UC Berkeley |
| Common
helminth infections |
Worm infections in humans (MedScape)
[You may need to join - go ahead and do so: it's free] |
| What
the heck is a virus? |
Good discussion from Bugs in the News |
| What
the heck is Mad Cow Disease? |
Also from Bugs in the News, this looks
at the material from Genome chapter 20 from a different perspective. |
| Bacteria
cause ulcers? |
The story of Helicobacter pylori
and its role in the disease formerly known as the archetype of
psychosomatic disorders. |
| What
the heck is an antibiotic? |
History, use, misuse, and mode of action
of anti-bacterial substances |
| Chlamydia
and alzheimer's |
Microbe linked to Alzheimer's disease. |
| Chlamydia
and heart disease |
Microbe linked to atherosclerosis |
| Vaccination |
The diseases that vaccines prevent
(from CDC) |
| Vaccine
safety information |
Good list of articles from Immunization
Action Coalition |
| The
fight against antibiotic resistant bacteria |
The making of a Super Bug by Martin S.
Westwell & Dudley H. Williams at University of Oxford and
Cambridge University Chem Depts, respectively |
| The
bad bug book |
How could you resist this government website
about pathogenic organisms? |
