Infectious Diseases and Topics: A to Z
Find diseases by name, categories of disease (such as foodborne 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 (see Varicella; 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)
- Hantaviruses
- 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 also 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
- Waterborne illness
- West Nile virus (WNV)
- Whooping cough (see Pertussis)
X
Y
- Yellow fever
- Yersinia pestis (see Plague)
Z
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