Diseases: Luminaries Project

General Sites

World Book Encyclopedia: If you know very little about a disease, the encyclopedia is an excellent place to start.  Be sure to check out the Related Information box on the right.

WHO Fact sheets: The World Health Organization has fact sheets about most of the diseases on your report list. Each sheet has information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.

CDC - Site Index A - Z: The Center for Disease Control also has fact sheets that give an excellent overview of many diseases.

Publications at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID): Check here for more fact sheets.

Health Encyclopedia: Type your disease in the search box and access great information from Rochester General Hospital.

Diseases Explained: Choose from a list of diseases to get basic information.

Healthfinder: Consumer heath information.

 

Specific Diseases

AIDS

AIDS Fact Sheet What is AIDS

UNICEF - 10 Basic Facts on HIV and AIDS

Anthrax

KidsHealth.org: What Is Anthrax

BBC - Health - Conditions - Anthrax

Botulism

Botulism - MayoClinic.com

Botulism Communicable Disease Fact Sheet

Bubonic Plague

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Plague

Plague Bacterial Infections Merck Manual Home Edition

Cholera

Cholera Communicable Disease Fact Sheet

Cholera (Vibrio cholerae) - Minnesota Dept. of Health

Diphtheria

BBC - Health - Conditions - Diphtheria

Facts About Diphtheria For Adults

Ebola

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Facts

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Questions and Answers

Hepatitis

BBC - Health - Conditions - Hepatitis A

Hepatitis A Fact Sheet

BBC - Health - Conditions - Hepatitis B

BBC - Health - Conditions - Hepatitis C

Viral Hepatitis (A,B,C) Fact Sheet

Influenza

KidsHealth.org: Flu

BBC - Health - Conditions - Influenza

Legionnaires' Disease

BBC - Health - Conditions - Legionnaires' disease

Legionellosis (Legionnaire Disease) Fact Sheet

Leprosy

Infolep: Leprosy Facts

Leprosy

Mad Cow Disease

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - Mad Cow Disease

The Center for Food Safety - Mad Cow Disease Fact Sheet

Malaria

BBC - Health - Conditions - Malaria

Malaria Foundation International

Measles

BBC - Health - Conditions - Measles

KidsHealth.org Rubeola (Measles)

Measles Facts

Meningitis

BBC - Health - Conditions - Meningitis in children

Meningitis and Encephalitis Fact Sheet: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Mononucleosis

Mononucleosis

Infectious Mononucleosis Fact Sheet

Mumps

Mumps

Mumps Facts

BBC - Health - Conditions - Mumps

Polio

Polio

NMAH: Polio The Virus and Vaccine

BBC - Health - Conditions - Polio

Rabies

BBC - Health - Conditions - Rabies

Rabies Fact Sheet - WA State Dept. of Health

Scarlet Fever

BBC - Health - Conditions - Scarlet fever

Kids Health-Scarlet Fever

Smallpox

Smallpox Facts

BBC - Health - Conditions - Smallpox

Tetanus

BBC - Health - Conditions - Tetanus

Child Health Library - Infectious Diseases - Tetanus

BBC - Health - Conditions - Tetanus

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

BBC - Health - Conditions - Tuberculosis

Typhoid Fever

Utah - Office Of Epidemiology Typhoid Fact Sheet

Typhoid Fever Communicable Disease Fact Sheet

West Nile Virus

BBC - Health - Conditions - West Nile Fever

West Nile Virus - NSC

Lyme Disease

KidsHealth.org Lyme Disease

Lyme Disease Primer

 

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