Infectious Diseases and Topics: A to Z
Find diseases by name, categories of disease (such as food-borne illnesses and food poisoning and infectious respiratory diseases), and selected disease topics (such as veterinary public health and tick bite prevention), from A to Z.
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A
- Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)
- Anaplasmosis
- Animal-borne diseases (see Zoonotic (animal-borne) diseases)
- Anthrax
- Antibiotic resistance and appropriate use of antibiotics
- Arboviral illnesses (see Mosquito-borne illnesses)
- Avian flu (bird flu)
B
- Babesiosis
- Bacillus cereus infection
- Bacterial meningitis (see Meningitis)
- Bed bugs, Safe control of
- Botulism
- Brucellosis
C
- Campylobacter infection
- Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
- Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI)
- Cervicitis
- Chancroid
- Chickenpox (Varicella) (see Varicella vaccine)
- Chlamydia
- Chlamydial conjunctivitis in infants (see Ophthalmia neonatorum)
- Cholera
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection
- Clostridium perfringens infection
- Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA)
- Coronavirus infections
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Cyclosporiasis
D
- DEET and other insect repellents, Safe use of (see Tick bite prevention)
- Dengue
- Diphtheria
- Donovanosis (see Granuloma inguinale)
- Drug resistance (see Antibiotic resistance and appropriate use of antibiotics)
E
- Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)
- Ebola (see Viral hemorrhagic fever)
- See also: DHHS Ebola Information
- E. coli infection
- Ehrlichiosis
- Electronic health records, meaningful use (see Meaningful use of electronic health records)
- Encephalitis
- Enteric illnesses, public health management of
- Enterococci, vancomycin-resistant (VRE) (see Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE))
- Enterovirus Infections
F
G
- German measles (see Rubella)
- Giardiasis
- Gonococcal conjunctivitis in infants (see Ophthalmia neonatorum)
- Gonorrhea
- Granuloma inguinale (Donovanosis)
- Group A streptococcal (GAS) disease
H
- Haemophilus influenza invasive disease (Hib)
- Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD)
- Hantavirus
- Hansen's disease (see Leprosy)
- Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)
- Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
- Hemorrhagic fever, viral (see Viral hemorrhagic fever)
- Hepatitis, viral (see Viral hepatitis)
- Histamine (scombroid) poisoning
- HIV infection
I
- Immunizations
- Import/Export requirements for dogs, cats and ferrets
- Infectious respiratory diseases
- Influenza (flu)
- Injection safety
J
K
L
- La Crosse encephalitis (LAC)
- Legionellosis
- Legionnaire's disease
- Pontiac fever
- Leprosy (Hansen's disease)
- Leptospirosis
- Listeriosis
- Lyme disease
- Lymphogranuloma venereum
M
- Malaria
- Meaningful use of electronic health records
- Measles (Rubeola)
- Meningitis
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- In community settings (CA-MRSA)
- In health care settings (HA-MRSA)
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
- Mpox
- Mosquito bite prevention
- Mosquito-borne illnesses (Arboviral illnesses)
- Mosquito-control spraying, reducing exposure during
- Mumps
- Mushrooms, toxic (see Toxic mushrooms)
N
- Nongonococcal urethritis (see Urethritis)
- Non-streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (see Toxic shock syndrome (TSS))
- Norovirus infection
O
- One & Only Campaign (see Injection safety)
- One Needle, One Syringe, Only One Time (see Injection safety)
- Ophthalmia neonatorum
- Oral rabies vaccine (ORV) program for wildlife
P
- PANS/PANDAS
- Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome
- Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
- Pertussis (Whooping cough)
- Plague (Yersinia pestis)
- Pneumococcal disease
- Pneumonia
- Polio (paralytic poliomyelitis)
- Pontiac fever (see Legionellosis)
- Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM)
- Prion diseases (see Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD))
- Promoting interoperability of electronic health records (see Meaningful use of electronic health records)
- Psittacosis
Q
R
- Rabies
- Recreational water illness
- Respiratory diseases, infectious (see Infectious respiratory diseases)
- Rickettsia bacteria, tick-borne
- Rickettsia parkeri (see Tick-borne spotted fevers)
- Rickettsia rickettsii (see Rocky Mountain spotted fever)
- Rickettsia typhi (see Typhus)
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Rubeola (see Measles (Rubeola))
- Rubella (German measles)
S
- Safe injection practices (see Injection safety)
- Salmonella typhi (see Typhoid)
- Salmonellosis
- Scombroid poisoning (see Histamine (scombroid) poisoning)
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
- Sexually transmitted diseases and infections (STDs/STIs)
- Shigellosis
- Smallpox
- Spotted fever group Rickettsia (SFGR)
- Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI)
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Streptococcus
- Surgical site infections (SSI)
- Syphilis
T
- Tetanus
- Tick bite prevention (DEET and other insect repellents, Safe use of)
- Tick-borne illnesses
- Tick-borne spotted fevers
- Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
- Non-streptococcal
- Streptococcal
- Toxic mushrooms
- Trichinosis (trichinellosis)
- Tuberculosis
- Tularemia
- Typhoid (Salmonella typhi)
- Typhus
U
- Urethritis
- Nongonococcal (NGU)
- Persistent NGU
V
- Vaccine-preventable diseases
- Vaccinia
- Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE)
- Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA)
- Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA)
- Varicella (chickenpox) (see Varicella vaccine)
- Vector-borne diseases
- Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
- Veterinary public health
- Vibrio infection
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus
- Vibrio vulnificus
- Viral hemorrhagic fever
- Viral hepatitis
- Viral meningitis (see Meningitis)
W
- Water-borne illness
- West Nile virus (WNV)
- Whooping cough (see Pertussis)
X
Y
- Yellow fever
- Yersinia pestis (see Plague)
Z
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