Infectious+Diseases

Visit the sites below to learn more about the disease you have chosen as your research topic. Please speak with Mrs. O'Keefe if you need help, or have any questions, she will be happy to assist you.

[|WebMD: Health A-Z] (also see Noticias Breves de Salud)

[|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Diseases & Conditions A-Z]Index (to search in Spanish, go to [|Enfermedades y afecciones])

[|National Institutes of Health (NIH): Health Topics A-Z] (also see HHS healthfinder.gov: [|Salud A-Z])

[|KidsHealth: Kids' Health Problems] (also look at [|TeensHealth: Diseases & Conditions])

[|MayoClinic.com: Diseases and Conditions A-Z]

[|MedlinePlus: Health Topics] (to search in Spanish, to go [|MedlinePlus: Informacíon de Salud para Usted])

[|eMedicineHealth.com] enter your search from the homepage, or find your research topic using the Topics A-Z feature.

[|Gale Virtual Reference Library] This outstanding full-text reference collection includes the //**Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine**//, //**UXL Encyclopedia of Diseases and Disorders**//, //**UXL Encyclopedia of Science**//, //**American Men & Women of Science**//, and much more. (**Please note**: you will have to log in with a Password to use this resource. An overview of this collection, as well as each of the other databases and collections for which we have paid a user fee, is available in the IMC. This "**Full-Text Resources Available to the CMS Research Community**" guide also includes any passwords or other information you will need to log into a particular database.)

[|EBSCOHost Research Databases] Log in to this collection to search **Middle Search Plus**, **MasterFILE Premier**, **Health Source-Consumer Edition**, and other full-text databases featuring magazine and journal articles, encyclopedias and other reference information sources and other content. (**Please note**: You will have to log in with a **User ID** and **Password** to use this resource. An overview of this collection, as well as each of the other databases and collections for which we have paid a user fee, is available in the IMC. This "**Full-Text Resources Available to the CMS Research Community**" guide also includes any passwords or other information you will need to log into a particular database.)

[|Wikipedia] Enter your own search in this terrific resource, or use the links provided below. (When available, visit the "External Links", listed at the end of each subject entry.) Chickenpox Hepatitis Herpes Simplex Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Human Papillomavirus (HPV) (You may also want to learn more Gardasil.) Lyme Disease Malaria Meningitis Pneumonia Polio Rabies Scarlet Fever Tuberculosis

[|Enciclopedia de Enfermedades], from [|Médicos de el Salvador], el Directorio de Medicina y Salud Más Completo de El Salvador

[|Salud.com]

[|tu otro medico.com]

[|¡Informé!] Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. (¡Informé! is the first reference database to provide indexing, full text, and images of the most popular Hispanic magazines. It also includes full text pamphlets on a variety of topics, such as health care.) (**Please note**: You will need to enter your **public library barcode** in order to log in to this database.)

[|World Health Organization: Health Topics]