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An index for the study of infectious disease and disease prevention. The site contains information on all diseases from arthritis to yellow fever. Health classes will find this web resource a valuable tool for projects or writing assignments involving disease. The amount of content for each disease is amazing, detailing information on transmission, vaccines, symptoms, and prevention. Diagrams or images are often given highlighting the microscopic view of the disease itself.

Site visitors can research extensive lists of diseases and disabilities and be linked to symptoms, descriptions, statistics, etc., about the selected disease. The "Web Quest" has 8 steps for visitors to follow to expand the search on the selected disease with self assessments and links.

The MedlinePlus website would be very valuable for students in middle and high school grades doing research about diseases and health related topics. MedlinePlus provides health information and documents from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. MedlinePlus is updated daily and has current reliable information on over 800 diseases and conditions. I especially found interesting the video footage of numerous actual surgeries narrated by doctors to treat major medical conditions.