Resources
Explore these useful sites:
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World Health Organization
-- Information resources, Disease outbreaks, and Emergencies links may be particularly useful. Also see the Declaration of Alma-Ata, 1978 -
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
-- Health topics A-Z and MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) may be particularly useful. -
Emerging Infectious Diseases
-- CDC journal -
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
-- One of the National Institutes of Health -
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
-- Search engine for news articles and more. -
PubMed
-- National Library of Medicine search engine for articles in the medical research literature
DNA resources
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Hershey-Chase blender experiment at Access Excellence, National Health Museum site for Health and Bioscience Teachers and Learners
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"Code" Animations about the genetic code and how it was determined (Part of the award-winning "DNA interactive" site at The Dolan DNA Learning Center (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
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Central Dogma of Molecular Biology diagram at Access Excellence, National Health Museum site for Health and Bioscience Teachers and Learners
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Central Dogma of Molecular Biology animation, Molecular Genetics Tutor site at University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Immune system resources
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Hershey-Chase blender experiment at Access Excellence, National Health Museum site for Health and Bioscience Teachers and Learners
Other sites and articles of interest
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Theriot Lab Movies including "Greatest Hits in Host-Pathogen Relationships"
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Scientific American magazine
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National Geographic magazine
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Discovery (as in the Discovery Channel)
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The "Bad Bug Book"
U.S. Food & Drug Administration Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook -
Bugs in the News!
JC Brown, Department of Molecular Biosciences Section of Microbiology, University of Kansas