Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Lyme Disease
A thorough overview of Lyme disease. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Infectious Arthritis
Thorough overview of infectious arthritis. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon: The 411 on Lyme Disease With Faq
This resource has general information about the bacterial infection lyme disease. The information includes details about the carriers of the bacteria and the infection itself.
Textbook of Bacteriology
Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology: Lyme Disease (Borrelia Burgdorferi)
Read about the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, the reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States, and the vaccination created to prevent Lyme disease. Included are pictures of erythema migrans, a condition in early Lyme...
Other
Lyme Disease Foundation, Inc.: Homepage
Extensive site on lyme disease from Lyme Disease Foundation, Inc. Find out what it is, how it is transmitted, symptoms, treatment, find out about ticks and other tick-borne illnesses, current research and much more.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Travelers' Health: Disease Directory
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information on over 40 diseases that travelers might need to be prepared for. Information includes description of disease, risk for travelers, preventive measures and treatment.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Lyme Disease
This article discusses the causes, symptoms, preventions, and treatments for Lyme disease. It includes brief write-ups containing tips for teenagers and children who are concerned about their own health and risks for Lyme disease.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Lyme Disease
This article on Lyme disease is organized into the following sections: "Lyme Disease," "Contagiousness, Diagnosis, and Treatment," and "Duration, Prevention, and When to Call Your Child's Doctor."
US National Library of Medicine
Medline Plus: Videos Y Multimedia
Online presentations on more than 150 health topics, diseases, and conditions, from acne to viruses. Each plays as a slide presentation, with sound, that you can control or set to autoplay. Time varies from 5-20 minutes. Available in...
Carnegie Mellon University
Lyme Disease General Information and Faq
This website, in addition to providing information on the deer tick, Lyme disease symptoms, and treatment, includes information on avoiding tick bites and finding ticks on pets. There is also information joining the Lyme Disease...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: Lyme Disease [Pdf]
A fact card on Lyme disease and the deer tick that carries it.
University of Washington
Neuroscience for Kids: Lyme Disease
This resource delves into what Lyme Disease is as well as how you can get it. It also provides plenty of information as to what you can do to protect yourself from the disease as well as how it is treated.
Other
Acp Online: Lyme Disease: A Patient's Guide [Pdf] [Pdf]
At this site from the American College of Physicians you can read about the three stages of Lyme disease: early, early disseminated, and late Lyme disease. Read about the symptoms associated with each stage and the tests that are used in...
University of Kentucky
Uk Entomology: Ticks and Disease
Peruse this site and discover some preventative techniques you can use to help protect yourself from obtaining Lyme Disease.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Bell's Palsy
Interesting discussion of Bell's Palsy, a condition of the nervous system that affects the face. Topics include what it is, the causes, the symptoms, the treatment, and how to live with it.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Lyme Disease: Feeling Sick With Symptoms
KidsHealth describes the symptoms of Lyme disease.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Lyme Disease
KidsHealth describes how to avoid Lyme disease. Features include a movie clip showing how to remove ticks from skin.
Other
Arthritis Foundation: Lyme Disease
In addition to providing information on the causes and signs of Lyme disease, this article includes tips for protecting yourself from the disease.
Other
American Lyme Disease Foundation
Read answers and questions about Lyme disease from The American Lyme Disease Foundation which fall under the follwing categories: "Chronic Lyme disease/post-Lyme syndrom," "Prevention," "Risk Assessment," "Testing," "Tick ecology," "Tick...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Lyme Disease
With this resource, students can read about the discovery, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of Lyme disease, which is caused by "Bacteria transmitted to humans by the bite of infected deer ticks." This article includes detailed images...
Read Works
Read Works: Watch Out for Ticks
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares nonfiction information about ticks. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Eubacteria Examples
Presents examples of eubacteria along with descriptions.
US Department of Agriculture
Us Dept. Of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service: Recipe for Tick Soup
This resource by Agricultural Research Service researches how Deer ticks present a major health threat. Find out how scientists are using roundworms (nematodes) to combat the deer tick population.
Other
Disease Detectives: Microbe Gallery
Learn in-depth details about microbes that cause disease: what is it, how to avoid it, the symptoms, and how it causes infections.