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Paediatric Immunology Resources
The
British Society for Immunology (BSI)
The BSI is a registered charity which aims to advance the science of Immunology through publication of its journals ("Immunology" and "Clinical and Experimental Immunology"), the organisation of scientific meetings and its work with schools and the general public. The site itself contains information on conferences, meetings, courses, training and education and awards. It also provides a list of regional groups and affinity groups and links related to Immunology.
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The Centres for Disease Control are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The website offers a plethora of information on health-related topics including the following: birth defects, disabilities, diseases and conditions, emergency preparedness and response, environmental heath, genetics and genomics, health promotion, vaccines and immunisations. The site also provides links to the two main publications - the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and the Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal (both full text without subscription / charge). Other links provide growth charts and national, epidemiological data.
National
Institutes of Health
(NIH)
The NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The "Health Topics" section of this site provides information on a variety of diseases, including recent research, treatment options and support groups and provides links to topic-related agencies (e.g. the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases). Another section outlines details of grants, funding and research training. The "Scientific Resources" section provides links to a number of resources within the NIH - such as the Mammalian Gene Collection, the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry and the AIDS Reagent Program.
World
Health Organisation (WHO)
This website offers a multitude of useful information such as country-specific epidemiological data, disease outbreaks, data on immunisation and data on notifiable diseases. Another large section - called "Health Topics" - contains fact sheets about a large variety of diseases, policies, press releases and information on current WHO programmes. The WHO Infectious Diseases Site is similarly structured and offers information about anything from African trypanosomiasis to yellow fever.
This site has mainly portal function and provides a number of useful links, including links to associations and organisations related to Immunology. Another section contains a list of and links to postgraduate programs in Immunology in the U.S.A. and Canada. Other sections provide links to a number of databases of knock-out/transgenic mice and links to various gene databases.
Biocarta offers an amazing collection of pathways online. The graphics are of high quality, detailed and very up to date - they are also supported by detailed descriptions. The collection contains a large number of Immunology pathways (e.g. complement pathways, receptors and receptor complexes and signaling pathways), as well as pathways related to metabolism, haematopoiesis, neuroscience and developmental biology.
Provides guidance on how to find antibodies (including a number of commercial links). Other sections feature online educational resources about antibodies as well as immunology and biotechnology resources. The "database/software" section contains further useful links related to antibodies, immunohistology, hybridomas and cell cultures. A great resource for anything related to antibodies.
IMGT is an integrated knowledge resource specialized in the immunoglobulins (IG), T cell receptors (TR), major histocompatibility complex (MHC), immunoglobulin superfamily and related proteins of the immune system (RPI) of human and other vertebrate species, created in 1989 by Marie-Paule Lefranc (Université Montpellier II, CNRS). IMGT, a European project since 1992, works in close collaboration with EBI. IMGT consists of sequence databases, a comprehensive database of IG and TR from human and other vertebrates, with translation for fully annotated sequences, genome database and structure database, web resources and interactive tools.
COPE - Cytokines Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia
COPE is an online resource established and maintained by Prof Horst Ibelgaufts based on the "Dictionary of Cytokines" that appeared in print in 1995. The database, which allows easy navigation, contains information on an enormous number of cytokines, cytokine analogues, receptor antagonists and other related proteins. The entries include information on alternative names, sources, protein characteristics, receptors, biological activities, transgenic animals/knock-outs, detection and assay methods, clinical use and significance, biochemistry and molecular biology. Most sections additionally feature a large collection of related publications and reviews. An excellent resource for anything related to cytokines.
The Cytokines Web provides scientific information about cytokines and their receptors, including structural information and topological and evolutionary relationships. It also contains information about potential therapeutic uses for some human cytokines. Additionally, the website features 3-D images of cytokines and receptors and provides lists of references for further reading. Other sections are dedicated to current nomenclature and molecular classification.
Microbiology
and Immunology Online - University of South Carolina
This site is run by the Medical School of the University of South Carolina. The contents was originally derived from lectures for medical students, but has been expanded subsequently. The contents is presented in a textbook style fashion and the sections are divided into bacteriology, mycology, virology, parasitology and immunology. Although the written contents is not as extensive or elaborate as most textbooks in these fields the site has many appealing features: the layout is pleasant, navigation is straight forward and there are large collections of microscopic images, life-cycle illustrations and even a few real-time teaching videos.
The Walter and Eliza Hall
Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) / WEHI-TV
WEHI is one of Australia's foremost medical research establishements. The institute puts a considerable effort into the creation of educational resources. WEHI-TV - one of the current projects - provides a range of computer-generated medical illustrations on the topics malaria, diabetes, CNS, cell biology, immune system/host defense and DNA/molecular biology. Even more impressive are the movies (3D animations) on the subjects malaria (mosquito biting, merozoites invading RBC, adhesion to endothelium), Colony Stimulating Factors, DNA (chromosome wrapping, replication, transcription, translation, recombinant DNA). The clips are very instructive and are a great teaching resource (the institute allows the use of the material free of charge).
The main feature of this website is a clinical decision support tool. The programme allows health professionals to enter the symptoms of a patient. Different age groups and geographical areas can be chosen. A few seconds after submission the user receives a list of differential diagnoses. Clicking on the respective diagnosis allows you to read the digitalised version of the Nelson Behrmann Textbook of Paediatrics, view related images and treatment protocols and read summaries of related articles. Other features of this site are: an extensive image library, an experience section (contains interesting reports of cases and potential complications), MRCPCH teaching, links to websites related to paediatrics. The site requires subsciption since June 2004.
Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne - Paediatric Handbook Online
The site contains the full version of the 7th edition of the RCH Paediatric Handbook, which provides a comprehensive practical guide to the management of health problems in children. Sections include: emergencies, procedures and analgesia, fluids and nutrition, child public health, development, psychosocial problems, medicine and surgery. The emergency section provides background information on a wide range of topics and contains management guidelines and flow-charts for various conditions/presentations. Another useful feature is the "emergency drug and fluid calculator", which - after choosing age/weight - produces a chart with the age-specific limits for vital parameters, appropriate ETT size/length and emergency drug doses. A great resource!
BioMed Central - an open access publishing house - offers a range of Immunology related journals on their website. Following journals are available without subscription:
All articles can be accessed in full text (free of charge) - both in html and PDF format. The site also allows users to comment on published articles and e-mail them to others. The "latest news" section provides information on topic related matters, such as conferences, meetings and recently released literature. Another interesting option is "Current Controlled Trials" - which features two clinical trials resources - ISRCTN (database of RCTs with an International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) and mRCT (metaRegister of Controlled Trials). Both options allow you to search for and obtain details about current RCTs at international level after a brief registration process.
Immunology Associations / Immunology Organisations
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
(AAAAI)
American
Association of Immunologists
Australasian
Society for Immunology
British Society for Immunology
(BSI)
Canadian
Society of Immunology
Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Immunologie
European Academy of Allergology and Clinical
Immunology (EAACI)
European Federation of Immunological
Societies
European Society of Paediatric Haematology and
Immunology
European Society for
Immunodeficiencies
Hungarian Society for Immunology
International
Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research
Japanese Immunological Society
Nederlandse Vereniging
voor Immunologie (NVVI)
Österreichische Gesellschaft
für Allergologie und Immunologie (ÖGAI)
Primary Immunodeficiency Association (PIA)
Russian Association of Allergology
and Clinical Immunology (RAACI)
Scandinavian Society
for Immunology
Sociedad Argentina de
Inmunologia
Sociedade Basileira de Imunologia
Sociedad Mexicana de
Inmunologia
Sociedad Espanola de Immunologia
Societa Italiana di Immunologia,
Immunologia Clinica e Allergologia (SIICA)
Societe Francaise
d'Immunologie
Societe Suisse d'Allergologie
et d'Immunologie
Immunology and Paediatric Immunology Journals
Acta
Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica -
abstracts
, full-text
requires subscription, pay-per-article
Annual
Review of Immunology - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Autoimmunity
- abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
BMC
Immunology -
free full text access 
Cellular
Immunology - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Clinical
and Applied Immunology Reviews
- abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Clinical
and Developmental Immunology - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Clinical
and Experimental Immunology (British Society for Immunology)
- abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Clinical
Immunology (Clinical Immunology Society)
- abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Current
Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Current
Opinion in Immunology - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
European
Journal of Immunogenetics (BSHI) -
abstracts, full-text requires
subscription, pay-per-article
European
Journal of Immunology (EFIS) -
abstracts, full-text requires
subscription, pay-per-article
FEMS
Immunology and Medical Microbiology - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Immunity
- abstracts, full-text
requires subscription, pay-per-article
Immunological
Investigations - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Immunological Reviews - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Immunology (British Society for Immunology)
- abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Immunology and Cell Biology (Australasian Society
for Immunology) - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Immunology
Letters (EFIS) - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Infection
and Immunity (American Society for Microbiology)
-
abstracts, full-text requires
subscription, pay-per-article
International Archives of Allergy and Applied Immunology
- abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
International
Immunology - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
International
Reviews of Immunology - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
The Internet Journal of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology -
free full text access
Journal
of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
(AAAAI) - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Journal
of Clinical Immunology - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Journal of Immune Based Therapies
and Vaccines - free full text access
The
Journal of Immunology (American Association of Immunologists)
- abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Medical
Immunology -
free full text access
Nature
Immunology - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Parasite
Immunology - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Pediatric
Allergy and Immunology (EAACI) -
abstracts, full-text requires
subscription, pay-per-article
Scandinavian Journal of Immunology - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Seminars
in Immunology - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Transplant
Immunology - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Trends
in Immunology (previously Immunology today) - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Vaccine
- abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Other useful links
PubMed probably requires little explanation - it is the most widely used search-engine/database in Medicine. PubMed is provided by the U.S. National Library and contains 12 million citations from 4600 biomedical journals worldwide. Articles can be searched for according to author, keyword or subject, while MeSH allows the use of categories (indexing system) to find relevant articles.
The Cochrane Collaboration is an international, non-profit organisation providing up-to-date information about the effects of health care. The site contains a large database of evidence based, systematic reviews about treatments and interventions. However, the Cochrane Library itself can only accessed with password.
The
British National Formulary - BNF.org
The British National Formulary is a drug compendium used nationwide in the United Kingdom. It provides healthcare providers with accurate, up to date information about a wide range of medications. The website contains the newest version corresponding to the printed version of BNF46. The compendium can be searched according to drug name, component name or indication. Another useful feature - "calculators" - allows to calculate Body Mass Index, Body Surface Index, imperial-metric conversions, creatinine clearance and other parameters.
The
National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)
This website is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related topics produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) in partnership with the American Medical Association (AMA). Key features include: structured abstracts of guidelines, access to full text guidelines/articles and Palm-based PDA downloads. A search engine facilitates the retrieval of the relevant documents. The site contains a large number of investigation- and management-guidelines related to Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Immunology and vaccination.
The Karolinska Institute
University Library
The library homepage of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm contains an enormous up to date database with a large number of links to websites related to bacterial infections, mycoses, viral diseases, parasitic diseases and Immunology. Another section contains links related to congenital, hereditary and neonatal diseases. Sections can either be browsed according to topic - alternatively, a search engine facilitates the search according to keywords.
Public Health Image Library by CDC (PHIL)
The PHIL provided by the CDC contains a large number of photos, illustrations and a few audio-visual files. The site contains historical images as well as clinical photos related to paediatric infectious diseases, paediatric immunology, tropical medicine and other specialties. Other images include: histology, cultures, posters (e.g. vaccination campaigns), electron micrographs, images of vectors, x-rays and illustrations. The images are in the public domain and can be accessed and used free of charge.
Interactive Human
Atlas by Health Scout
This website features 3D computer animated video sequences, still images and models of pathogens. Although the contents is geared more towards lay persons the contents is entertaining and could be used for teaching purposes. Current topics include: allergies, immunisation, infectious diseases (AIDS, anthrax, herpes, hepatitis, influenza, lyme disease, meningitis, UTI) and numerous paediatric topics (e.g. Down's syndrome, ADHD).
This website is run by Johns Hopkins University. The starting page features a search engine allowing fast retrieval of relevant images. After entering a particular skin condition the engine displays one full-size image, as well as several smaller ones which can also be displayed in full size. All images are accompanied by a short case description and sometimes relevant hyperlinks are displayed simultaneously. Most of the photos are high-resolution images and of impressive quality. Another interesting feature is the Online Dermatology Quiz. This site is a useful resource for Paediatricians (covering conditions such as eczema, seborrhoic dermatitis, haemangioma etc.) as well as Infectious Diseases Specialists (covering scabies, leprosy, cutaneous tuberculosis, fungal infections etc).
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body
This website features a complete online version of the classic 1918 publication by Henry Gray which includes 1,247 engravings. A search engine facilitates convenient navigation. The access is free of charge.
This website offers a wide range of articles (text-book style) on subjects related to Paediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Immunology and even Tropical Medicine. Most parts can be viewed without subscription/fees, but some features are only accessible to registered (and paying) users. The site also contains recent journal updates, medical image library and online CME. Other useful features are: medical dictionary (Stedman's), Medical Institution Finder (searches for medical schools, societies and organisations, libraries and medical centers) and links to a variety of medical journals.
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