Links to other sites relevant to tuberculosis

NEW!  Links organized by subject, as published in Clinical Infectious Disease:

 

Where can I find…?

• scientific information
• epidemiologic data
• comprehensive literature for laypersons
• recommendations, guidelines and decision-making algorithms for tuberculosis management
• research databases
• research groups interested in tuberculosis
• resources for research, teaching, and training
• information about regulatory action
• GIS maps of TB outbreak in SF

 

More links we think are cool:

 

Research groups and related sites:

·        Sally Blower at UCLA

·        Brown Univeristy TB-HIV Research 

·        The Acid Fast Club

            hosts meetings for discussion of issues relating to acid-fast bacilli, and contains some useful links.

·        The Osler Library for the History of Medicine:  Tuberculosis Collection

·        AbaSci: Bacterial Deletion Discovery

one of our collaborators

 

Information for clinicians:

·        TB Educational Materials at the Charles P. Felton National Tuberculosis Center in New York City

·        The Georgia TB Reference Guide
This booklet responds to clinicians’ questions about tuberculosis infection, disease, and control. The standards and guidelines are based on the work and experience of the American Thoracic Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the New York City Department of Health, and the Atlanta TB Prevention Coalition.

·        Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis Research
Tuberculosis information & treatments from Johns Hopkins University

·        Course materials from the International Tuberculosis Courses given by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease; information to aid health professionals to understand and fight TB.

 

General TB sites:

·        tbNET web site

This is a resource center for information about tuberculosis - about the disease itself, and also about training programs, conferences, computer software, organizations, databases - anything that has anything to do with TB is here!

·        Princeton Project 55 

The Princeton Project 55 Tuberculosis Initiative (TBI) is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to increasing public awareness about tuberculosis, encouraging U.S. leadership in tuberculosis prevention and control, and fostering tuberculosis vaccine development by enlisting government, foundation, and industry support.

 

 

Personnel - Research Summary - Bibliography - Announcements - Institutions

Guestbook - Commercial - TBlinks - Free Software - Home

These pages were designed by Hugh Salamon. Copyright 1998

Last updated July 23, 2001