Infectious Diseases

Learning without thought is useless; thought without learning is dangerous
Confucius

		Who Am I? Born in Germany in 1843, I was the first to show that tuberculosis was an infectious disease. I developed the tuberculin skin test and received the Nobel Prize in 1905.
To Tortora's Microbiology		Who am I? Despite the fact that I performed an experiment that was a violation of research standards, I am consdiered the founder of immunology and the scientists who has made the greatest contribution to human welfare.

RESOURCES

Emerging Infectious Diseases (online journal)

Published by the National Center for Infectious Diseases, this is an online peer-reviewed journal covering trends and analysis of new and reemerging diseases.

URL --> http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/eid.htm

Emerging Infectious Diseases (online journal)

This is a meta site created at the Division of Infectious Diseases, Detroit Medical Center - Grace-Sinai Hospital. It is organized by type of site: government, medical, online journal, microbiology, etc.

URL --> http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/eid.htm

Innate Host Defense mechanisms: on line graphics presentation

Acquired ImmuneDefense systems: on line graphics presentation

Immunological Assays Part 1: online graphics presentation

Immunological Assays Part 2: online graphics presentation

Complement & Complement fixation: on line graphics presentatation

Connections to some interesting web site

CDC Diseases Information Page

Emerging Infectious Diseases Home Page

Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report

Outbreak

MedWeb: Infectious Diseases

EUCALB: Image Index: Medical

NCID Diseases, Selected Prevention and Program Areas Listing

Infectious Disease Weblink