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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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A Small Genetic Change Makes Flu Virus Deadly
- Fact sheet that explains how a tiny change in one of the influenza virus's 10 genes is key to making certain strains of the virus especially virulent to humans. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2001/genchange.htm
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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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Age of Optimism
- The story of German scientist, Robert Koch, and how he succeeded in staining the tuberculosis bacteria with two dyes which finally brought the microbe into view on March 24, 1882. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/tuberculosis/Understanding/history/histor
ical_optimism.htm
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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/factsheets/anthrax.htm
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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/factsheets/antimicro.htm
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Avianflu.gov
- The official U.S. government Web site for information on pandemic and avian influenza. (Department of Health and Human Services)
http://avianflu.gov/
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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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