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Regional epidemics
    • AIDS
  • Malaria
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (Mad Cow)
  • SARS
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  • Ebola
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  • Smallpox
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  • Hepatitis
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    Miscellaneous
  • Chinese traditional medicine
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  • Egypt traditional medicine
  • Human immune system
  • Virus infection
    • AIDS reference

    AIDS Fact Sheet. AIDS.ORG. 26 Feb. 2004 <http://www.aids.org/factSheets/index.html>

    Clinical Study with New HIV Drug (Oral CCR5 Antagonist) Commenced in the US, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Feb 26 2004 . <http://www.ono.co.jp/eng/cn/contents/sm_cn_071603.pdf>

    HIV/AIDS.WHO Fact Sheet. WHO/OMS. 2001. http://www.who.int/health-topics/hiv.htm

    Fuzeon - What is Fuzeon. Roche Laboratories Inc. and Trimeris Inc. Feb 26. 2004
    <http://www.fuzeon.com/2000/2100.asp?nav=whatIs>

    Non-nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors In Development. New Mexico AIDS InfoNet. 26 Feb. 2004 <http://aidsinfonet.org/en/pdf/430.pdf>

    Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors In Development. New Mexico AIDS InfoNet. 26 Feb. 2004 <http://aidsinfonet.org/en/pdf/410.pdf>

    PRO 542 and T-20 synergistic in blocking HIV-1 entry into cells, Reuters, Feb 26 2004 . <http://www.aidsmeds.com/news/20010330drgd002.html>

    Protease Inhibitors In Development. New Mexico AIDS InfoNet. 26 Feb. 2004 <http://aidsinfonet.org/en/pdf/440.pdf>

    Other Antiviral Drugs In Development. New Mexico AIDS InfoNet. 26 Feb. 2004 <http://aidsinfonet.org/en/pdf/460.pdf>

    Creutzfeldt-Jackob disease reference

    Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Information. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Jan 07, 2001. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/cjd.htm#Is_there_any_treatment

    Fact Sheet: New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease." CDC. 20 Jan. 2004 . National Center for Infectious Disease. 26 Feb. 2004 < http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/cjd/cjd_fact_sheet.htm

    Frequently asked BSE questions." U.S. Food and Drug Administratino. 30 Jan. 2004 . Depart of Health and Human Service. 26 Feb. 2004 < http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/bsefaq.html



    Ebola reference

    Bannister, Barbara, "Deliberate Release Threats: The Clinical View". Royal College of General Practitioners. 2004. http://www.rcgp.org.uk/courses/biowarfarepresentations/BarbaraBannister.pdf

    Ebola virus kills 13 in Gabon. World news. CNN. February 20, 1996. www.cnn.com/WORLD/ 9602/ebola/

    Ebolamap. Ebola Zaire Fan Club Ebolocations. Jan, 1999. http://www.mindspring.com/%7Ecinque/map.html

    Fact Sheet N° 103. WHO. December 2000. http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact103.html

    Novels/Biography. Portfolio. Knockout. www.knockoutbooks.com/html/ novels_biography.html

    Run the SIR Epidemic Model. The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. July 8, 1998
    http://www.shodor.org/master/biomed/epidemio/sir/runsir.html

    Zaire Ebola virus. Cornelia Büchen-Osmond. 29 May 2003. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/.../ Images/Murphy/ebola.htm



    Hepatitis reference

    Fact Sheet, Viral Hepatitis A. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC. February 15, 2004. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/a/fact.htm.

    Fact Sheet, Viral Hepatitis B. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC. February 15, 2004. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/b/fact.htm.

    Fact Sheet, Viral Hepatitis C. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC. February 15, 2004. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/c/fact.htm.

    Hepatitis. Sexual health. GMH Gay Men's Health. http://www.gmh.org.uk/hepatitis/index.shtml

    Hepatitis D (Delta) Virus. National Center for Infectious Diseases. CDC. May 16, 2003. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/slideset/hep_d/slide_1.htm

    Hepatitis E Virus. National Center for Infectious Diseases. CDC. May 16, 2003. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/slideset/hep_e/slide_1.htm

    Viral Hepatitis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC. February 15, 2004. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/



    Malaria reference

    About LARIAM. Roche Laboratories Inc . 2003. http://www.lariam.com/about_lariam.asp

    Asok Kurup, Hsu Li Yang, " Common Infections in Singapore II " , in Singapore General Hospital. Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Singapore Medical Association. 2002. http://www.sma.org.sg/concern_health/infectious_diseases_II.html

    Donald Forsdyke, "Malaria". Bioinformatics. 03 April 2003 http://post.queensu.ca/~forsdyke/pfalcip01.htm

    Donald Heyneman, "Malaria", in AccessScience@McGraw-Hill, http://accessscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS/Encyclopedia/4/40/Est_4011800_frameset.html, last modified: April 10, 2000.

    Mick Isle. Epidemics Deadly Diseases Throughout History Malaria. The Rosen Publishing Group Inc. New York. 2001.

    Prodigy Guidance - Malaria prophylaxis. Department of Health. April 2002. http://www.prodigy.nhs.uk/guidance.asp?gt=Malaria%20prophylaxis http://www.prodigy.nhs.uk/TheBook/BookPDF/Admin/TheBookPDFFiles/Guidance/M/MalariaProphylaxis.pdf

    Scott Moses. "Malaria ". About the Family Practice Notebook. 01.01.2004 http://www.fpnotebook.com/ID121.htm



    SARS reference

    Basic Information About SARS. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . CDC. January 13, 2004. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/factsheet.htm

    Biology, 5th edition; Campbell, Reece, Mitchell; Benjamin/Cummings; Menlo Park, CA; copyright 1999

    Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC. February 12, 2004. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/

    Virus classification. Wikipedia. 9 Feb 2004. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_classifications

    Smallpox reference

    Fact Sheet on Smallpox. WHO. October 2001
    http://www.who.int/emc/diseases/smallpox/factsheet.html

    Michelle Meadows, " An Update on Smallpox". FDA Consumer magazine. 04.2003 http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2003/203_smallpox.html

    Smallpox fact sheet. Department of health and human services. Safer healthier people. 09. 12. 2002.http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/overview/overview.pdf

    Smallpox Questions and Answers: The Disease and the Vaccine. Department of health and human services. 03.31.2003. http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/overview/faq.asp



    Traditional Chinese medicine reference

    Hooker, Richard. "Yin and Yang". Chinese philosophy. 1996. http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CHPHIL/YINYANG.HTM .

    Tsai, Allen. "Where does the Yin Yang Symbol come from?" Yin Yang. http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/yinyang.htm

    Human immune system reference

    Campbell, Reece, Mitchell. "Biology, 5th edition". Benjamin Cummings. copyright 1999

    Traditional Egyptian medicine reference

    Arab, Sameh M. "Medicine in Ancient Egypt". Arab World Books. http://www.arabworldbooks.com/articles8.htm 

    Michael Woods, Mary B. Woods. "Ancient Medicine". Runestone Press Minneapolis. 2000.

    Virus infection reference

    Campbell, Reece, Mitchell. "Biology, 5th edition". Benjamin Cummings. copyright 1999