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Dr. Fungus
The site is an extensive portal to full text information on
all aspects of fungi: fungal infections, anti-fungal agents,
laboratory procedures, current news and Internet links. The
site contains numerous illustrations plus a keyword search
engine and site map. It is supported by a grant from Merck
(pharmaceutical company).
http://www.doctorfungus.org/
This site features many useful links to leprosy resources. It
includes the (partially) multilingual 'ILA History of Leprosy
Project'. (
http://www.leprosyhistory.org/english/search.htm),
which offers an extensive information on leprosaria,
research institutes and archives worldwide.
http://www.leprosy-ila.org/do.php/Home
LEPRA is a UK-based medical development charity which works 'to restore health, hope and dignity to people affected by leprosy'. This site features general information on leprosy, but also case studies, outlines of specific programs, a glossary, news items and a regular newsletter, and selections from the LEPRA journal "Leprosy Review".
http://www.leprahealthinaction.org/
This PubMed search will identify all bacterial diseases related free fulltext ejournal articles within the database. Within the search results, there are links to the fulltext material. By repeating this search periodically, you will find new fulltext articles that are added to the PubMed database weekly. Essential Health Links contains similar searches for most subpages listed in the Specific Health Resources table of contents.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=pubmed&details_term=%22loattrfree%20full%20text%22%5Bsb%5D%20AND%20%28%28%28%22microbiology%22%5BTIAB%5D%20NOT%20Medline%5BSB%5D%29%20OR%20%22microbiology%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20Bacterial%5BText%20Word%5D%29%20AND%20%28%28%22disease%22%5BTIAB%5D%20NOT%20Medline%5BSB%5D%29%20OR%20%22disease%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20Diseases%5BText%20Word%5D%29%29
This site is maintained by the World Health Organization. It
provides general information on cholera, its distribution
(statistics and outbreak reports), prevention, control and
treatment. The site includes many full-text WHO documents and
publications.
http://www.who.int/topics/cholera/en/
This site is maintained by the World Health Organization,
South-East Asia Region Office and contains lots of
information on the leprosy, its distribution, elimination and
treatment (multi-drug therapy). It features many "frequently
asked questions" and various full-text WHO reports.
http://www.who.int/lep/
This site is maintained by the WHO's Global Alert and Response (GAR)’ program. It contains
many full-text WHO documents and publications on
meningococcal disease, its distribution and prevention by
vaccination.
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/meningococcal/
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