An overview of the infectious disease Poliomyelitis or polio and how it infects the body and its symptoms; polio's affect on the nervous system including the spinal cord and brainstem; diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of polio; and...

Fact card on severe acute respiratory syndrome, commonly known as SARS, and the serious dangers it can pose to human health.

A fact card on salmonellosis answers questions about what causes it, its symptoms, and how to avoid getting it.

A fact card on staph infections.

A fact card on strep A infections: the dangers they pose, symptoms, and ways to avoid them.

A fact card on hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, or HPS, with explanations of how it is contracted and how to avoid getting it.

A fact card on ulcers and the bacterium, Helicobacter pylori, that causes them.

Brief fact sheet on tetanus includes symptoms and causes.

Fact sheet on the measles infection describes its symptoms, as well as how it is contracted and how it is prevented.

Fact sheet on the rubella virus describes its symptoms as well as how it is contracted and how it is prevented.

Fact sheet on pertussis, or whooping cough, describes its symptoms as well as how it is contracted and how it is prevented.

Fact sheet on the mumps infection describes its symptoms as well as how it is contracted and how it is prevented.

Fact sheet on the hepatitis A infection describes its symptoms, causes, and ideas for prevention.

Fact sheet on diphtheria describes its symptoms, causes, and ideas for prevention.

A fact card on chicken pox and how it is contracted.

This is a detailed overview of the Fascioliasis parasite. The overview includes information about the infectious agent, life cycle, distribution, symptoms and treatment options.

Find out about several diseases such as Mad Cow and Creutzfeldt-Jakob, which are examples of diseases caused by prions, or protein infections.

A good article on the infection of HIV and the subsequent disease. Discusses transmission and symptoms. Original resource from 2008 U. S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Article and an interview with the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases discusses the recent report of a second baby cleared of the HIV virus by a regimen of antiretroviral drugs abd what implications this...

An explanation and illustration of papillomas, the scientific term for warts that appear on the hands and feet. If warts appear on the genitals the term is condyloma acuminata. The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is examined including the...

A diagnosis of herpes includes a discussion with the patient on recent sexual practices, cold sores on genitals, the Tzanek smear, and Cytopathic cultures. An antibiotic treatment for the immune suppressed and the prevention of herpes...

Learn the different kinds of drug resistance and ways to treat that resistance. Discussion includes treating patients who have relapsed with the same infection or a new TB infection.

Learn how to help prevent tuberculosis by using the "4I's" model: Intensive Case Findings, Isoniazid, Isolation, and Immunization.

Preventing tuberculosis transmission includes the following: medication, isolation, surgical mask, distancing/spacing from other, air purifying respirator, and HEPA filter.