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Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases (Grades 9-12)
- Free standards-based curriculum that focuses on the major concepts related to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, and impact on society. (Publication No. 99-4645) (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Office of Science Education)
http://science.education.nih.gov/Customers.nsf/HSDiseases?OpenForm
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Biodefense: A need for public understanding and the critical role of science teachers (Special Report)
- From Natural Selection, this publication is an overview about how public health decisions are made, the role of vaccination in public health and safety, and addresses student concerns about bioterrorist attacks and how they can protect themselves. (Office of Science Education)
http://science.education.nih.gov/biodefenseinsert/
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Abscesses (Medline Plus)
- Carefully selected links to Web resources and the latest, authoritative health information on abscesses. (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/abscesses.html
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Alcohol and HIV/AIDS (Alcohol Alert)
- Fact sheet about how people with alcohol use disorders are more likely than the general population to contract HIV. (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa57.htm
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Anthrax
- Fact sheet about anthrax - an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium Bacillus anthracis. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/anthrax/Pages/default.aspx
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Antimicrobial Resistance
- Fact sheet about antimicrobial resistance - a factor in virtually all hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections. Many physicians are concerned that several bacterial infections soon may be untreatable. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/antimicrobialresistance/research/pages/goa
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Botulism
- Fact sheet about botulism - a disease caused by the toxins (poisons) produced by several members of the group of bacteria called Clostridium botulinum. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/healthscience/healthtopics/botulism/
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Chlamydia
- Information about chlamydia - a curable sexually transmitted infection (STI), which is caused by a bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis. You can get genital chlamydial infection during oral, vaginal, or anal sexual contact with an infected partner. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/chlamydia/pages/default.aspx
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Cows for Fear: Is BSE A Threat to Human Health?
- March 1998 article on Bovine Spongiform Encepholopathy (BSE) published in Environmental Health Perspectives, a monthly journal of peer-reviewed research and news on the impact of the environment on human health. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Ad
oi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.98106a134
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Fact Sheet
- Fact sheet about Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) - a rare, degenerative, invariably fatal brain disorder. It affects about one person in every one million people per year worldwide. (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/cjd/detail_cjd.htm
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