Paediatric Infectious Diseases Resources
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
and
Travellers'
Health by CDC
The Centers 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 immunizations. 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.
Travellers' Health is part of the CDC website and a useful resource for travellers and doctors alike. It provides health information (such as endemic infections and recommendations for immunisation) on specific destinations (region- and country-specific) and contains up-to-date details of recent outbreaks of ID. Further pages provide information on: diseases (including current distribution), vaccinations, safe food and water, arthropod protection and U.S. Travel Medicine Clinics. There is also a section called "Travelling with children", which contains the following: U.S. routine schedule for childhood immunisations, vaccination recommendations for infants and children who are travelling, food and water precautions and travellers' diarrhoea prevention.
National Center for Infectious Diseases - Infectious Disease Guidelines
This site contains a large collection of evidence-based guidelines related to Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Many guidelines originate from articles published in journals such as Pediatrics, Annals of Internal Medicine and Mortality Morbidity Weekly Report. Current topics include: antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance, bacterial infections, diarrhoeal diseases, infection control, opportunistic infections, parasitic infections, vaccination and viral infections. The site states that the access to some of the documents may be restricted to subscribers of the respective journal - however, all contents appeared accessible (full-text).
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 immunization 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 programs. The WHO Infectious Diseases Site is similarly structured and offers information about anything from African trypanosomiasis to yellow fever.
National Electronic Library of Infection (NeLI)
Supported by the National Health Service (UK) and the UK Health Protection Agency (HPA), the National electronic Library of Infection, one of the Specialist Libraries of the NeLH, is providing an on-line, evidence-based, quality-tagged internet portal to the best available evidence on prevention, treatment and investigation of infectious diseases. In addition to providing a single point to available electronic resources on communicable diseases, the key value of the library is in a quality appraisal of posted documents. This procedure is conducted in collaboration with all major professional societies and expert committees in the area of infectious diseases in the UK. Each document considered the best available evidence on a particular subject is assigned a quality tag, by a member of a professional society. The quality tag consists of a Reviewers Assessment critically summarizing the paper, and a checklist, which answers brief questions about the methodological issues, level of evidence, potential biases and applicability of the results. The resultant quality tag and a signature of the particular reviewer and their affiliations to societies, academic institutes and the NHS are attached to the document. The site can be browsed alphabetically according to topics - diseases (e.g. hepatitis), pathogens or wider topics (e.g. respiratory tract infection) or searched by picking up keywords from pull-down menus or by using a free-text search. In addition, other sections include: news section, conferences and useful websites.
The International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID)
ISID is committed to improve the care of patients with infectious diseases, the training of clinicians and researchers in ID and microbiology, and the control of ID around the world. The Society's official journal - the International Journal of Infectious Diseases (IJID) - can unfortunately only be accessed by subscribers. However, the "Resources" section provides up to date information on conferences and meetings related to ID. A really interesting and useful resource featured on this site is ProMed-mail - a global electronic reporting system for outbreaks of emerging ID. This section contains reports of recent outbreaks as well as maps of outbreaks / distribution of infectious agents. A search engine conveniently retrieves all the relevant information according to keywords.
The Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases
This website is divided into several sections: 1. medical education - includes the "Case Round" section which contains interesting case descriptions, 2. The Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis Research - which contains treatment guidelines and other resources related to TB, 3. Hepatitis C - which contains extensive information on clinical trials and treatment options, 4. useful links related to Infectious Diseases and 5. The Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide. Access to the antibiotic guide is free of charge after a brief registration process. The guidelines can be browsed according to pathogen or diagnosis - and include brief sections on diagnostic criteria, common pathogens and recommendations for empiric and pathogen specific treatment. Unfortunately, there are no specific guidelines for children (only adult drug doses given and some of the drugs would be inappropriate for use in children - e.g. tetracyclines). However, overall it is a valuable resource.
Health Information for Overseas Travel - The Yellow Book
This website contains the full online version of the book "Health Information for Overseas Travel" (2001 version) - commonly known as the Yellow Book - backed by the UK Department of Health and the Health Protection Agency. For ease of reference the section for each continental group of countries follows the same format: 1. A list of countries covered in this section, 2. Disease risks: food and water-borne diseases, malaria, other arthropod-borne diseases, diseases of close association, sexually transmitted and blood-borne diseases and finally other hazards. The book contains recommendations applicable to all countries in these continental groups, as well as country by country variations for immunizations - including yellow fever vaccination requirements - and recommendations for malaria chemoprophylaxis. A great resource for anyone involved in Travel Medicine, as well as doctors looking after patients returning from abroad.
Online version of the 2nd edition of the textbook by Alan Granoff and Robert G. Webster. The navigation is not very user-friendly at times, but the contents makes it a useful resource: detailed sections on human, animal and plant viruses (including: history, taxonomy, structure, molecular biology, transmission, symptomatology, serology and epidemiology), virus interaction with the host immune system, instructive figures/graphs and 3D images / animations of viruses.
Virology Down Under (VDU) is run by a Post-Doctoral scientist heading the Emerging Virus Group (EVG) within the Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases (QPID) Laboratories. The site contains detailed, useful information on a large variety of viruses from Arbovirus to Rotavirus. There are also interesting assays on lentivirus vectors and their medical use, RNA interference and other topics related to Virology as well as a section on virus taxonomy.
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 Paediatric European Network for Treatment of AIDS (PENTA)
PENTA was established in 1991 as a collaboration between paediatric HIV centres in Europe and is supported by the European Union. The site provides information about the PENTA trials (outline of trial, results, published data) and the PENTA guidelines for the use of antiretroviral therapy in paediatric HIV infection. The site also provides details of the PENTA network, publications and contact details.
The National Pediatric AIDS Network (NPAN)
NPAN is an U.S. based non-profit organization that works collaboratively with a number of other HIV/AIDS information providers. The site contains information on current clinical trials and links to a number of different Clinical Trials Groups. The "Medical Information" section contains a collection of HIV/AIDS related hyperlinks to a variety of websites such as the FDA, the American Medical Association and Medscape. Disappointingly, quite a few of the links are outdated/invalid. Other sections provide details of organizations, conferences, databases and statistics resources.
The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)
IAVI is a global organisation working to speed the development and distribution of preventive AIDS vaccines. The site contains the latest news about HIV vaccine trials, often including the relevant links (e.g. manufacturer, press releases etc.). Although HIV vaccines are the main focus the sites does also provide other reports and articles on HIV/AIDS related topics (e.g. epidemiology, prevention, policy and advocacy). One section additionally provides details about HIV related conferences and events.
The main feature of this website is a clinical decision support tool. The program 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 Pediatrics, 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 subscription 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 Infectious Diseases 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 colleagues. 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.
DPDx - Laboratory Identification of Parasites
This website is maintained by CDC's Division of Parasitic Diseases (DPD) and offers two complementary functions: 1. reference and training and 2. diagnostic assistance function. The 'reference and training' section includes concise reviews of parasites and parasitic diseases and a large image library with microscopic images of parasites, histology slides and images displaying the life-cycles of various parasites (all material is free of copyright). The 'diagnostic assistance function' allows the user to obtain advice and/or send digital images of specimens for review by and consultation with the DPD staff (this assistance is free of charge).
The Walter and Eliza Hall
Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) / WEHI-TV
WEHI is one of Australia's foremost medical research establishments. 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 defence 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).
Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc.
This site offers an extensive library of amazing electron microscopic images of the following categories: insects (vectors), bacteria, protozoans, viruses and fungi as well as some topics related to biology. A search engine allows you to search the library conveniently. Another nice feature are the "animated" images - which look great, but are produced by focusing in on details of a larger image. However, the images are protected by copyright - but usage rights can be obtained from the company by payment of a fee.
Paediatric Infectious Diseases Organisations
and Infectious Diseases Organisations
American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
American Society for Clinical Virology
Association of Medical Microbiologists
Associazione Microbiologi Clinici Italiani
Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases
Australian Society for Microbiology
Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology
and Infectious Diseases
Canadian Infectious Diseases Society
Croatian Society of Microbiology
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Infektiologie
Egyptian Society of Hepatology,
Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and
Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
European Society for Clinical Virology
European Society for Paediatric Infectious
Diseases (ESPID)
Federation of European Microbiological
Societies (FEMS)
Finish Society for the Study of Infectious
Diseases
Hong Kong Society for Infectious
Diseases
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Infectious Diseases
Society of Netherlands and Flanders
International
Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS)
International Society for Infectious Diseases
(ISID)
Interregional Association for Clinical
Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (IACMAC)
Korean Society of Infectious Diseases
Macedonian Infectious Diseases Society
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)
Nederlandse Verenigung voor Microbiologie
New Zealand Microbiological Society
Nordic-Baltic
Society of Infectious Diseases (NBSID)
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Infektionskrankheiten
Pan American Society for Clinical Virology
Phillipine Society for Microbiology and Infectious
Diseases
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS)
Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Infektiologie
Sociedad Argentina de Infectologia
Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia
Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia
Sociedad Espanola de Microbiologia
South African
Society for Microbiology
Turkish Society of Clinical Microbiology
and Infectious Diseases
World Society for Pediatric
Infectious Diseases
This list of Infectious Diseases Organizations is not complete by any means. However, many organizations do not seem to have their own websites or we were unable to find the relevant links. Please let us know if you come across further organizations.
Infectious Diseases Networks and Surveillance Networks
European Antimicrobial Resistance System (EARSS)
European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS/HIV (EuroHIV)
European Influenza Surveillance Centre (EISS)
Euro TB - Surveillance of Tuberculosis in Europe
EUVAC.Net - Surveillance Community Network for Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Eva PHR - Evaluation of National and Regional Public Health Reports
EWGLI - European Working Group for Legionella Infections
HELICS - Hospitals in Europe Link for Infection Control through Surveillance
International Network of Paediatric Surveillance Units (INoPSU)
IRIDE - Inventory of Resources for Infectious Diseases in Europe
Disease / Pathogen related websites and organisations
Anaerobe organisms
Anaerobe Society of the Americas
Society for Anaerobic Microbiology
Dengue virus
Ebola virus
Ebola Page - University of Cape Town
Information on viral hemorrhagic fevers by CDC / NCID
The Journal of Infectious Diseases - Ebola Supplement (1999)
Entamoeba histolytica
Entamoeba homepage (by Graham Clark / LSHTM)
Entamoeba histolytica - professional information (CDC / DPDx)
Entamoeba histolytica movies (University of Virginia)
Sanger Institute: Entamoeba histolytica genome project
TIGR: Entamoeba histolytica genome project
HIV / AIDS
The British HIV Association (BHIVA)
Children's HIV Association of UK and Ireland (CHIVA)
European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS/HIV (EuroHIV)
HIV-druginteractions.org (University of Liverpool)
HIV i-Base (treatment information)
Information on AIDS related topics by CDC
The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)
The National Pediatric AIDS Organisation (NPAN)
The Paediatric European Network for Treatment of AIDS (PENTA)
Hepatitis (viral)
Hepatitis Education Project (U.S.)
Hepatitis Foundation International
Information on viral hepatitis by CDC / NCID
HSV / Herpes simplex virus
Information on herpes simplex virus infections by CDC
International Herpes Management Forum
Lyme disease / Borrelia burgdorferi
American Lyme Disease Foundation
British Lyme Disease Foundation
Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation
Information on Lyme disease by CDC
Meningitis / Meningococcus / Neisseria meningitides
Information on meningitis (viral and meningococcal disease) by CDC
National Meningitis Association (U.S.)
Meningitis Foundation of America
Meningitis Research Foundation (U.K.)
Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada
Tuberculosis / Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Action TB - University of Cape Town
Bacterial Microarray Group at St. George's (U.K.) - Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Global Alliance for TB Drug Treatment
Information on tuberculosis by CDC
International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis Research
Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center (U.S.)
National Tuberculosis Center - New Jersey Medical School
The Sanger Institute - Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Paediatric Infectious Diseases Journals
and Infectious Diseases Journals
American Journal of Infection Control -
abstracts
,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Annals
of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
- free full-text access (html and PDF)
Antimicrobial
Agents and Chemotherapy - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
BMC
Infectious Diseases
-
free full-text access (html and PDF)
BMC Microbiology
- free full-text access (html
and PDF)
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
-
free full-text access (html and PDF / English version available)
Canadian
Journal of Infectious Diseases
- abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Clinical
Infectious Diseases
- abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Clinical
Updates in Infectious Diseases
- free full-text access
Clinical
Updates in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- free full-text access
Communicable
Disease Intelligence (Australia)
-
free full-text access (html and PDF)
Current Treatment
Options in Infectious Diseases -
free full-text access (html and PDF)
Diagnostic
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Emerging
Infectious Diseases
-
free full-text access
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Herpes
(International Herpes Management Forum) - free full-text
access
Infection - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Infection
and Immunity -
abstracts, full-text
requires subscription, pay-per-article
International
Journal of Infectious Diseases
- abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Internet Journal of Infectious Diseases
- free full-text access
Japanese
Journal of Infectious Diseases
-
free full-text access (PDF)
Journal
of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Journal
of Bacteriology - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Journal
of Clinical Microbiology - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Journal
of Immune Based Therapies and Vaccines -
free full-text access (html and PDF)
Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Journal
of Infectious Diseases
- abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Journal
of Medical Microbiology
- abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Journal
of Pediatric Infectious Diseases - abstracts
Journal
of Virology - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
The
Lancet Infectious Diseases - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Morbidity
and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) -
free full-text access
Pediatric
Infectious Diseases Journal - abstracts,
full-text requires subscription, pay-per-article
Scandinavian
Journal of Infectious Diseases
- 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
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 centres) and links to a variety of medical journals.
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