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A. Primary SitesAppendix IInternet Websites on Medical Entomology and Vector-borne Diseases1. Emerging diseases website, with current information on disease outbreaks.2. Iowa State University’s comprehensive site on medical entomology with excellentinformation on links to over 20 additional sites.3. WHO disease outbreak information – emerging and communicable disease informationfrom the WHO and its databases. The tropical medicine databases are the most usefulfor vector-borne diseases. Access can also be obtained to the Weekly EpidemiologicalRecord.4. The Walter Reed Biosystematic Unit’s online information regarding taxonomic keys,diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, and mosquito identification modules.5. Centers for Disease Control – information on the CDC’s travel alerts, including accessto country health profiles, vaccine recommendations, State Department entryrequirements, and publications.6. Search the National Library of Medicine’s biomedical databases, especially Medline.Provides complete references and abstracts to more than 9 million journal articles frombiomedical publications. 7. The Malaria Foundation International’s site for general resources on malaria availablethrough the worldwide web. Includes references, malaria advisories, and lists of othermalaria websites.8. The WHO site for information on vectorborne diseases, including disease distribution,information on disease outbreaks, travel alerts, WHO research programs, and progresson control.9. The CDC’s site on information available on encephalitis, as published in the Morbidityand Mortality Weekly Report. Includes case definition and disease outbreakinformation.10. Information from the University of Florida’s website on mosquitoes and other biting206