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I've divided this page into three sections. The first provides you with
some tips on searching for material on Medline, the second provides
links
to other Australian and overseas
web resources, including some full text material, and the third
contains
an alphabetical list of links to sites containing information on specific
diseases.
You will find other material of interest on my health
issues in developing countries page.
Searching Medline
Remember that Medline has a Thesaurus of terms - MeSH
(Medical
Subject Headings), a controlled vocabulary used for indexing articles
in
Medline. MeSH terminology provides a consistent way to retrieve
information
that may use different terminology for the same concepts. You will find
material on infectious diseases in Medline, but you will need to be
aware
of the thesaurus (MeSH) terms available for searching. Below are some
examples
of the language Medline uses to describe the concepts in this field.
MeSH - Communicable Disease Control
MeSH - Communicable Diseases
MeSH - Disease Outbreaks
MeSH - Disease Transmission
as well as individual diseases, such as
MeSH - Influenza in Birds
MeSH - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
MeSH - Tuberculosis
Many topics in MeSH have hierarchies of more specific subcategories or related terms.. The indentations in the lists reflect
the
structure of the hierarchy, and the + signs at the end of terms
indicate
that there is a further hierarchy of terms not displayed here. Any of
these
terms can be searched individually, or you can "explode" terms to
search
sections of the list.
When you search for subjects using MeSH
terms
from the Medline thesaurus you will also have the option of appending
subheadings
to narrow the focus of your search.
For a list of the abbreviations used for subheadings in PubMed click
here
Try the search strategy below to look for the epidemiology of
communicable
diseases in Africa.
COMBINE
Communicable Diseases (MeSH term)
AND
Africa (MeSH term)
The advantage of searching Africa as a thesaurus term is that
"exploding"
the term will include the following more specific areas.
Africa, Northern
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Tunisia
Africa South of the Sahara
Africa, Central +
Africa, Eastern +
Africa, Southern +
Africa, Western +
PubMed Search Formulation
communicable diseases/ep[majr] AND africa[mh] AND english[lang]
This search strategy uses the subheading "epidemiology", which
is abbreviated
to "ep", associated with
communicable
diseases. The section in the square brackets includes majr
- which focuses the search on articles where the subject is
a major issue in the article. As PubMed's default is to explode all
terms
the search will include all of the African countries listed above.The
search
is then limited to articles in English or with English abstracts.
Click here to see how it works. PubMed
Search.
Australian Sources
Australian
Action Plan for Pandemic Influenza
From the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
 Blue
Book: - Victorian Government Health Information, Australia
Guidelines for the Control of Infectious Diseases.
Communicable
Diseases Australia
From the Surveillance and Epidemiology Section, Australian Government Department
of Health and Ageing.
Communicable Disease Index - Department of Health - South Australian Government
Includes a list of notifiable diseases, and the method of reporting them.
eMJA:
Articles on Infectious diseases and Parasitology
The full text of articles from the Medical Journal of Australia.
Health Report - Infectious Diseases
Transcripts from Radio National's Health Report, with Norman Swan.
IDEAS
(Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology & Surveillance)
From the State Government of Victoria Department of Human Services.
Overseas Sources
AEGIS
AEGIS, "the largest HIV/AIDS web site in the world," was developed
by Sister Mary Elizabeth of the Sisters of St. Elizabeth of Hungary and
is currently funded by private donors and grants from The National
Library
of Medicine and Roxanne Laboratories. This site contains a vast array
of
valuable HIV resources.
AMA
(Medical
Science) Resources on Infectious Disease
From the American Medical Association.
Antibiotic
Resistance
Disease-causing microbes that have become resistant to drug therapy are
an increasing public health problem. Tuberculosis, gonorrhea, malaria,
and childhood ear infections are just a few of the diseases that have
become hard to treat with antibiotic drugs.
Bacterial
Infections
and Mycoses
A list of links from the Library of the Karolinska Institute.
Biological
Threats and
Terrorism: Assessing the Science and Response Capabilities.
Edited by Stacey L. Knobler, Adel A. F. Mahmoud, and Leslie A.
Pray, Based on a Workshop of the Forum on emerging Infections, Board on
Global
Health. Institute of Medicine. Washington, D.C., National Academy
Press,
2002.
CISID (centralized
information system for infectious diseases)
Contains data gathered through surveillance of communicable diseases –
such as tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections, and
malaria – and data on immunization coverage in countries and recent
outbreaks in Europe. Offers information on recent outbreaks in Europe
and some other textual information. Allows detailed review and
assessment of the situation on the main infectious diseases in the WHO
European Region. Offers some data at the subnational level.
Epidemic
- The World of Infectious Diseases
Not a news service, but an exhibition from the American Museum of
Natural
History.
Global Atlas of
Infectious Diseases
Produced under the auspices of the World Health Organization,
Communicable
Diseases Surveillance Public Health Mapping Group.
The
Global Threat of New and Reemerging Infectious Diseases: Reconciling
U.S.
National Security and Public Health Policy
By Jennifer Brower and Peter Chalk. RAND, 2003.
Hardin
MD : Bioterrorism / Biological Warfare
Links to web directories which list resources in these topics.
Hardin
MD -
Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Links to web directories which list resources in these topics.
Health,
Climate
and Infectious Disease: A Global Perspective
This report, by Joan B. Rose, Anwar Huq, and Erin K Lipp, is based
on an American Academy of Microbiology colloquium held October 15-17,
1999,
in Tucson, Arizona.
HEALTHmap | Global disease alert mapping system
HEALTHmap brings together disparate data sources to achieve a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health. The site integrates outbreak data of varying reliability, ranging from news sources (such as Google News) to curated personal accounts (such as ProMED) to validated official alerts (such as World Health Organization). HEALTHmap provides a jumping-off point for real-time information on emerging infectious diseases and has particular interest for public health officials and international travelers.
Infectious
Disease Guidelines, NCID, CDC, by publication date
Selected evidence-based infectious disease guidelines for use in
healthcare
and public health settings. From the National Center for Infectious
Diseases,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the United States.
Infectious
Disease
Information, NCID, CDC
Documents and fact sheets from the National Center for Infectious
Diseases,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the United States.
Infectious
Diseases in
an Age of Change: The Impact of Human Ecology and Behavior on Disease
Transmission
Bernard Roizman, Editor, for the National Academy of Sciences.
Washington
D.C., National Academy Press, 1995.
Medscape
Infectious
Diseases
Information for clinicans on infectious diseases.
National Foundation for
Infectious
Diseases (NFID) - Recommended Web Sites & Virtual Library of
Diseases
Links and resources from the National Foundation for Infectious
Diseases
in the United States.
Publications
at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
WHO: Disease Outbreak
News
WHO
- Health Topics - Infectious Diseases
General Resources from the World health Organization on infectious
diseases.
WHO
Infectious Diseases Report
A number of documents including Scaling Up the Response to Infectious
Diseases: A Way Out of Poverty.
WHO
Report on Global Surveillance of Epidemic-prone Infectious Diseases
From the World Health Organization department of Communicable Disease
Surveillance and Response, this report covers diseases such as yellow
fever,
influenza, meningococcal disease, and cholera.
Specific Infectious Diseases
The links below are arranged alphabetically by the name of the disease.
Most of the links are from either the World Health Organization (WHO)
central
office, or its regional offices - the Pan American Health Organization
(PAHO), the Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) or its South-East
Asia
Regional Office (WHO/SEARO)
Search PubMed for anthrax
in developing countries
Search PubMed for HIV/AIDS
in developing countries
Avian influenza is listed under Influenza
AIDS
and STI (PAHO)
AIDSinfo - HIV / AIDS
Information
From the National Institutes of Health in the United States
Anthrax
(WHO)
Anthrax
- Public
Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
A page of resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
in the United States.
Australian
Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society. Reports
The full text of a number of reports on aspects of HIV in Australia.
CDC-Divisions of
HIV/AIDS
Prevention (DHAP) Home Page
Hardin
MD : AIDS,
HIV / AIDS Virus
Hardin
MD
: Anthrax & Anthrax Vaccine
Links to web directories which list resources in these topics.
HIV
Infections
(WHO)
HIV InSite
Gateway to HIV
and AIDS Knowledge
This site, from the University of California San Francisco, has a
wealth
of AIDS information, including a section on specific countries
& regions
MedlinePlus:
AIDS
MedlinePlus:
Anthrax
UNAIDS
Publications
UNAIDS is the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
World Anthrax Data Site
B
Bird flu is listed under Influenza
C
Search PubMed for cholera
in developing countries
Campylobacter
(WHO)
Cholera
(PAHO)
Cholera
(WHO)
Cholera
Surveillance (PAHO)
D
Search PubMed for dengue
in developing countries
Search PubMed for diphtheria
in developing countries
Search PubMed for dysentery
in developing countries
Dengue
(PAHO)
Dengue.
The UNDP-World Bank-WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in
Tropical Diseases
Dengue
(WHO)
Dengue/DHF (WHO/SEARO)
Dengue/DHF-WHO
Regional
Office for South East Asia
Dengue
Surveillance (PAHO)
DengueNet
-
Information
about the Dengue
Global surveillance of dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF).
Diphtheria
(WHO)
Dysentery
(WHO)
MedlinePlus:
Dengue
MedlinePlus:
Diphtheria
E
Search PubMed for ebola
haemorrhagic fever
Search PubMed for eschericia
coli infections
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDC Special Pathogens Branch
Ebola haemorrhagic fever (WHO)
Escherichia
Coli Infections (WHO)
An
Introduction to Ebola: The Virus and the Disease
A special supplement of The Journal of Infectious Diseases (Vol.
79, Supplement 1, February 1999) sponsored by WHO and the Centers for
Disease
Control and Prevention.
H
Search PubMed for haemorrhagic
fevers in developing countries
Search PubMed for hepatitis
in developing countries
Haemorrhagic
Fevers (PAHO)
Hemorrhagic
Fevers, Viral (WHO)
Hepatitis
(CSR)
World Health Organization, Department of Communicable Disease
Surveillance
and Response. A collection of resources on this topic.
Hepatitis
(WHO)
MEDLINEplus:
Hemorrhagic Fevers
From the National Library of Medicine in the United States, resources
on haemorrhagic fevers.
MedlinePlus:
Hepatitis
I
Avian Influenza (also called Bird Flu) (Australian Depertment of Health and Ageing)
Avian Influenza (WHO/SEARO)
How effective would antiviral vaccination and antiviral drug prevention and treatment strategies be for reducing the impact of the next influenza pandemic?
Health Evidence Network (HEN) World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, January 2006.
Influenza (WHO)
MedlinePlus: Bird Flu
MedlinePlus:
Influenza
Pandemic Flu
Pandemic Flu (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
Pandemic influenza (Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing)
The Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready? Workshop Summary
Prepared for Forum on Microbial Threats, Board on Global Health. Stacey L. Knobler, Alison Mack, Adel Mahmoud, Stanley M. Lemon, Editors. Washington D.C., National Academies Press, 2005.
L
Search PubMed for leprosy
in developing countries
Global
Project on
the History of Leprosy
This is a project of the International Leprosy Association.
Infolep
This is the site of the leprosy information services of the Netherlands
Leprosy Relief (NLR).
Leprosy.
The UNDP-World Bank-WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in
Tropical Diseases
Leprosy
(WHO/SEARO)
M
Search PubMed for measles
in developing countries
Search PubMed for meningitis
in developing countries
Measles (WHO)
MedlinePlus:
Measles
MedlinePlus:
Meningitis
Meningitis
(WHO)
Meningococcal Disease (CDC)
P
Search PubMed for plague
in developing countries
Search PubMed for pneumococcal
infections in developing countries
CDC
Plague Home Page
From the United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases (DVBID)
MedlinePlus:
Plague
Plague (WHO)
Pneumococcal
Infections (WHO)
Polio Eradication (WHO/SEARO)
R
Search PubMed for rabies
in developing countries
MedlinePlus:
Rabies
MedlinePlus:
Rubella
RABNET
Rabnet is a WHO data bank which offers online access to information
on rabies prevalence, diagnosis, surveillance, and control in humans
and
animals from almost all countries in the world.
Rabies (CDC)
Rabies (WHO)
Rubella (Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing)
Rubella (CDC)
S
Search PubMed for smallpox
in developing countries
Hardin
MD : Smallpox & Smallpox Vaccine (Small Pox).
MedlinePlus:
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
MedlinePlus:
Smallpox
SARS
Information for international students and staff from the University of
Adelaide.
SARS - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing)
Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome - UK Department of Health
Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome - SARS (CDC)
Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome - SARS (WHO)
Smallpox (CDC)
Smallpox (WHO)
T
Search PubMed for tuberculosis
in developing countries
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (CDC)
MedlinePlus:
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis.
The UNDP-World Bank-WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in
Tropical Diseases
Tuberculosis
(WHO)
Tuberculosis (WHO/SEARO)
Tuberculosis -
Strategy &
Operations, Monitoring & Evaluation - Home
Tuberculosis
Surveillance (PAHO)
Y
Search PubMed for yellow
fever in developing countries
District
Guidelines for Yellow Fever Surveillance
This document (WHO/EPI/GEN/98.09) was produced by the World Health
Organization, Department of Communicable Disease Surveillance and
Response,
1998.
Yellow Fever (WHO)
Yellow Fever Home Page (CDC)
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