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This page contains links to various resources concerning several of the major diseases caused by flaviviruses.

Yellow Fever

• The WHO's yellow fever page which includes info on etiology, symptoms, geography, transmission, treatment and prevention
• Vaccination Reccomendations from the CDC and WHO
• The Panama Puzzle "It's June 25th, 1900. Walter Reed needs your help to put an end to "yellow jack," a disease causing his men to drop like flies. Play the part of Walter Reed, early 20th century U.S. Army doctor, & try to figure out what's killing the troops constructing the Panama Canal. You may be surprised to learn the nature of some of the experiments the real Walter Reed conducted in the name of science" Thanks to Dr. Alan Cann at the University of Leicester

Dengue Fever

• Comprehensive CDC site on Dengue and DHF
• More infor on Dengue from WHO
• A WHO map of Dengue and DHF geographical distribution
• In 1964, Hawkes uncovered ADE, an essential explanation for Dngue Shock Syndrome (DSS).
• Dengue outbreak1998!
• An EM (after much searching...) of Dengue

St. Louis Encephalitis

• Please see "All the Virology on the web"

Japanese Encephalitis

• WHO page on JE vaccination strategies
• JE in the news! -- outbreak of virulent Nipah virus in Malaysia and Singapore mistaken as JE. Read all about it in articles from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports.
• Here's a page on JE from Yahoo Geocities that gives a plethora links to sites with info on JE, with an emphasis on this year's SE Asian outbreak

Hepatitis C

• Hep C info from the CDC (also a fact sheet)
• All the Virology on the Web's Hep C links
• Links to recent journal articles on Hep C from WHO