• Boston Public Health Commission, Communicable Disease Control
  Bioterroism information and facts, public health advisories for clinicians, local and national athrax updates. Information in Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Khmer, Vietnamese, Russian, and Creole.
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health
  Information on DPH emergency preparedness and response activities, bioterrorism facts, and links to educational resources for medical providers.

Major Resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):

• Emerging Infectious Diseases
  Information on global emerging diseases, including links to CDC publications and disease specific resources
  • Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
  • H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
  • SARS
• Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response
  Information, in English and Spanish, on agents and threats (biological, chemical and radiological); laboratory information; surveillance and training resources
  • Anthrax Information
    Fact sheets, overviews, exposure management, vaccination, preparation and planning. Includes images of inhaled and cutaneous anthrax.

World Health Organization

• Infectious Diseases
  Links to descriptions of activities, reports, news and events, as well as contacts and cooperating partners in the various WHO programs and offices working on infectious disease control.
  • Avian Influenza
  • SARS
  • Influenza A (H1N1)
• Preparedness for Deliberate Epidemics
  Information on national and international preparedness, global alert systems, and frequently asked questions.

Organizations

• American College of Physicians - Bioterrorism Resources
  Compilation of general information and decision support resources which includes fact sheets, lectures, images and courses.
• American Hospital Association - Emergency Readiness
  Readiness resources for hospitals, members advisories, links for education and training.
• American Medical Association - Center for Public Health Preparedness & Disaster Response
  Includes resource guide for physicians and community responders. Links to legal resources and information about hurricane relief efforts.
• American Society for Microbiology
  Oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world. Promotes the microbiological sciences and their applications for the common good. Frequent online articles and reports on emerging infectious disease topics.
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control & Epidemiology - Bioterrorism Resources
  Agents, economic impact, epidemiology, identification and diagnosis, management and treatment, meetings, readiness planning, resources and reference, scenarios, threat of bioterrorism, vaccination.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  US Dept of Homeland Security
  Disaster news, updates and other resources. Includes information for victims.
• Environmental Protection Agency - Emergency Management
  Risk management, prevention and emergency planning, response resources, laws and regulations.
• National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
  National Institutes of Health
  Basic and clinical research activities in the areas of allergy, immunology, and infectious diseases. Information about the diseases studied, research findings and press releases.
• Pan American Health Organization
  World Health Organization
  Regional Office for the Americas. Includes data, reports, and news on emerging/re-emerging infectious diseases.

Directories

• Bioterrorism Resources
  University of California Berkeley, Public Health Library
  Organized by: Organizations and Agencies, Publications and Databases, Guides.
• Center for Biosecurity
  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  Agent fact sheets, diagnostic criteria and treatment guidelines for anthrax, botulism, smallpox, and plague.
• MEDLINEplus Health Topics
  National Library of Medicine
  • Anthrax
    Information primarily for consumers but much quick information for health care providers. Includes latest news, overviews, alternative therapy, diagnosis and symptoms, pictures, prevention and screening, specific conditions, organizations and directories, information specific to women and to children, and Spanish language resources.
  • Avian Flu (Bird Flu)
  • Biodefense and Bioterrorism
    News, general information, coping strategies, prevention/screening, research, specific conditions/aspects, treatment, law, etc.
  • Chemical Emergencies
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
    Consumer health information including latest news, overviews, alternative therapy, diagnosis and symptoms, pictures, prevention and screening, specific conditions, organizations and directories.
• Medical and Public Health Responses to Bioterrorism
  Medical Library Association
  List of online resources

Recent Literature

• Emerging Infectious Diseases:
  • Bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax: The first 10 cases reported in the US. 7(6) November-December 2001.
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: Clinical Features of Index Patient and Initial Contacts v. 9(6) June 2003.
  • The Swine Flu Episode and the Fog of Epidemics v.12(1) January 2006.
• JAMA: Infectious Diseases
  • JAMA Consensus Statements:
    Anthrax | Botulinum Toxin | Hemorrhagic Fever | Plague | Smallpox | Tularemia
• MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
  • Update: Swine Influena A (H1N1) Infections - - California and Texas,
    April 2009 v. 58 (Dispatch) April 24, 2009: 1-3.
  • Swine Influenza A (H1N1) infection in two children--Southern California,
    March-April 2009 v. 58 (Dispatch) April 21, 2009; 1-3.
• Post-exposure anthrax prophylaxis
  Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics v. 43 0ct. 29, 2001:1116-1117.

Avian Flu

• PandemicFlu.gov
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  The official U.S. government Web site for information on pandemic flu and avian influenza.
• Avian Flu in Massachusetts
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Avian Influenza
  World Health Organization
• MEDLINEPlus: Bird Flu
  Nation Library of Medicine
• Tips for Traveling Abroad: Pandemic Flu Fact Sheet
  U.S. Department of State

 

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

• First Peer-reviewed SARS Genome Sequences
  Science/AAAS
• The SARS Epidemic
  Science magazine
  Collection of full-text information
• SARS Information
  Centers for Disease Control
• Guidelines/Recommendations/Descriptions
  World Health Organization
• SARS: Public Health Fact Sheet
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health

 

H1N1 Flu

• PandemicFlu.gov
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  The U.S. government Web portal for information on pandemic flu and H1N1 flu.
• H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Influenza A (H1N1)
  World Health Organization

 

Tufts Resources

• Addressing emerging infectious disease threats : a prevention strategy for the United States
  5th Floor WA 110 A227 1994
• Bioterrorism : guidelines for medical and public health management
  5th Floor WA 295 H496b 2002
• CDC responds clinical diagnosis and management of anthrax: lessons learned [videorecording]
  5th Floor WC 305 C386 2001
• Disease in evolution : global changes and emergence of infectious diseases
  5th Floor Q 11 N532a v.740 1994
• Emerging infections
  5th Floor WC 100 E533 1998
• Hospital preparedness for bioterrorism [videorecording]
  5th Floor WB 100 N337 no.798 2002
• Hunter's tropical medicine and emerging infectious diseases
  5th Floor WC 680 T857 2000
• In the wake of terror : medicine and morality in a time of crisis
  5th Floor WA 295 I35 2003
• Preventing emerging infectious diseases : a strategy for the 21st century
  5th Floor WC 100 P944 1998
• Secret agents : the menace of emerging infections
  5th Floor WC 100 D74 2002