Infectious Diseases

American Osteopathic College of Dermatology information page on cercarial dermatitis. Covers description, cause, geographic occurrence, treatment, names for this condition in different parts of the world, and other causes of itching among swimmers.

Article by Ryan Tenzer, MD.

Article by Derek Linklater, MD.

Article by Imad S Dandan, MD.

Article by Raquel Mora, MD.

Fact sheets and articles on this disease caused by tapeworms.

Scientific and medical article on the disease.

Detailed information from eMedicine.com.

Detailed information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Provides information on this life-threatening condition that occurs when a person’s blood pressure drops to a dangerously low level. Includes details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment and complications.

Includes information on the latest research, news and therapies. Includes audio interviews with Lyme doctors, specific protocols followed by healthy survivors of the disease and lifestyle support resources.

Includes information on Ixodes dammini, the deer tick responsible for most cases of the disease, the symptoms in man and animals, the treatment and tick control.

A definition of this disorder along with a look at the symptoms, diagnoses, treatment and prevention.

Provides information including clinical features, skin manifestations, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

Detailed article from eMedicine.com.

Fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control.

Includes cause, symptoms, complications, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.

Factsheet with cause, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Features information on risks, preventions, treatments, precautions and support.

News on the disease.

General overview, clinical findings, treatment, and lab studies.

Description, symptoms, prevention and treatment; aimed at parents.

Research article on the disease.

Article by Dr Charlie Easmon, specialist adviser in travel medicine, describing the disease, how it is transmitted and what to do to prevent infection.

Features links to information about the disease, with the focus on news links.

Features maps, fact sheets, links, and information about the disease in the state.

First reported confirmation of antibodies to the disease in UK birds.

Includes facts about the disease and the prevention program in the state.

Abstract of the report with links to related articles and research.

Presents maps, news, and disease information.

News, journal articles, maps, and disease information.

Directory of journal articles on the disease.

Offers facts about tetanus, diphtheria, and their prevention.

Series of factsheets about the disease.

UK support group for people who have been affected by severe streptococal infections or necrotising fasciitis. Includes disease and support group information.

Article by Robert A Schwartz, MD, MPH.

Factsheet with advice on caring for patients with this disease which usually only occurs in children.

Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.

Includes disease information, parasite life cycle, research information, and links.

Article by Palaniandy Kogulan, MD.

Information on the global fight against malaria and the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) initiative. Includes fact sheets and details of current programs.

Campaign to provide mosquito nets to protect children from malaria. Includes information on the disease and on how members of the public can donate a net or become an activist.

Features disease information and status, control activities and links.

Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.

Provides diagnostic tools and information for lyme disease and candida, also presenting treatments that are alternative to antibiotics.

Information and links for the southeastern United States.

Provides email advice, articles and information for Northern Californians.

Information and support for people with tick-borne diseases living in Connecticut.

Support group in Lower Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. Includes information about the disease and about meetings.

Provides information on this condition and on hairy leukoplakia, including its epidemiology, presentation, investigation, management and prognosis.