Medical Microbiology

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

• Original Hong Kong Department of Health investigation into Amoy Gardens (appartment outbreak)
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
• Preliminary symptoms of SARS
• FAQ - SARS
• SARS map
• WHO update site for SARS
• Tracking of Canadian outbreak data
• Corona virus morphology
• Corona virus description

Anthrax

• Anthrax - special Nature issue, 2 papers to download
• New Scientist aricle on anthrax
• Laboratory response to anthrax threat

For more information on this topic and chemical warefare see Biodegradation, bioremediation and environmental microbiology Web site

General diseases

• Gastrointestinal disease site
• Bacterial intestinal disease notes
• Childhood diseases
• Bacterial infections and mycoses
• Useful general site for medical microbiology information
• Medical and other microbiology topics
• Medical microbiology resources (1)
• Medical microbiology resources (2)
• Medical Microbiology resources (3)
• Viruses database
• Virology on the Web
• Journal of Virology

Specific pathogens

• E. coli O157 Medscape resource site
• Electron micrographs of infectious organisms
• Virus structure
• Stealth viruses
• The Big Picture Book of Viruses
• Viral immune evasion
• Viral genomes
• Medical mycology
• Cryptococcus fungus database
• Parasite genomes
• Parasite information and resources

Bacterial toxins

• Bacterial protein proteins
• Bacterial toxins; Friends or foes?
• E. coli, Salmonella and Shigella protein toxins
• Bacterial endotoxin

Airborne diseases

• Airborne pathogens
• Bioterroism and building technology

Addtional sites

• Normal gut flora
• Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance

Assessment

• Training test in medical microbiology
• Revision resource for some aspects of medical microbiology

Online journals.

Some of these will give full length articles, others only tables of content (TOC)