Infectious Disease Links
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Center for Disease Control
Information on diseases of all types, healthy living, immunizations, traveler's health, environmental and chemical hazards, workplace and safety, and health statistics.
Centros para el Control y la Prevencion de Enfermedades (CDC en Espanol)
All the above information in Spanish.
Immunization Action Coalition
Immunization schedules for children and adults. Extensive information about all types of vaccinations.
MedlinePlus: Immunizations
Languages: English, Spanish. Has national organizations, recommended list for children, teens and adults, and a list of vaccinations for travelers under 2 years old. From the National Library of Medicine.
Bronchiolitis (.pdf)
También está disponible en español: Bronquiolitis (.pdf)
Chickenpox (.pdf)
También está disponible en español: Varicela (.pdf)
Diarrhea
(National Digestive Disease Information Clearinghouse) Covers all types and causes of diarrhea.
Ear Infections & Ear Tubes (KidsHealth)
Encephalitis & Meningitis (National Institue of Neurological Disorders & Stroke)
Hepatitis
(Center for Disease Control) Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Hepatitis A, B, C, and D.
Meningococcus (.pdf)
También está disponible en español: Meningococo (.pdf)
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) (.pdf)
También está disponible en español: Staphylococcus Aureus Resistente A Methicillin (.pdf)
Pneumococcal Disease (.pdf)
También está disponible en español: Enfermedad Neumocócica (.pdf)
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (KidsHealth)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (KidsHealth)
Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment for Respiratory Syncytial Virus infections. También está disponible en español: Virus sincitial respiratorio
- '"Germ Proof Your Kids: Complete Guide to Protecting (without overprotecting) Your Family from Infections" by Harley Rotbart; ASM Press, 2008
- “Infection Protection: How to Fight the Germs That Make You Sick” by Ronald Klatz; HarperCollins, 2002
- “Vaccine Book" by Robert Sears; Little, Brown, 2007.
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