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Communicable disease information from A - Z
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A

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

Amebiasis

Animal bites: Assessment, management, and reporting for King County health care providers

Anthrax

Arborviral diseases

Autism and vaccines (PDF, See chapter 9 of "Plain Talk About Childhood Immunizations")

Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

B

Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki (B.t.k.)

Bat Exposure and Rabies Prevention

Biosolids recycling and E. coli

Bioterrorism preparedness in King County

Borreliosis (Relapsing fever)

Botulism

Brucellosis (PDF, Epi-Log Newsletter, April 1997)

C

Campylobacteriosis

Cervical cancer and Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

Chickenpox (Varicella)

Chlamydia

Cholera

Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (a.k.a. CJD or vCJD, mad cow disease)

Cryptococcus gattii (information for health care providers)

Cryptosporidiosis

Cyclosporiasis

Cytomegalovirus (Model health policies by the Child Care Health program. See cytomegalovirus parent letter for description of this condition)

D

Dengue fever

Diphtheria (PDF, see references to Diptheria and DTaP vaccine in "Plain Talk About Childhood Immunizations")

E

Ebola

E. coli 0157:H7

E. coli and Biosolids

Encephalitis

Epstein-Barr virus (mononucleosis) (Model health policies by the Child Care Health program. See mononucleosis parent letter for description of this condition)

F

Flesh-eating bacteria (Group A streptococcus)

Flu (influenza)

Food borne illness

G

Gastroenteritis outbreaks and long-term care facilities

Giardiasis

Gonorrhea

Group A strep

Guillan-Barré Syndrome and meningococcus vaccine

H

H1N1 (influenza A, swine flu)

H5N1 (Avian influenza)

Hæmophilus influenza type B

Hantavirus

Head lice

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis C

Herpes

Herpes zoster (shingles)

Hib disease

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Human papillomavirus (HPV)

I

Immune globulin (Ig) information for the prevention of communicable disease

Influenza ("Flu")

Influenza surveillance summaries

J

Japanese encephalitis

L

Legionellosis (PDF, Epi-Log Newsletter, October 2000)

Leptospirosis

Lice

Listeriosis

Lyme Disease

M

Mad Cow disease (a.k.a. Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease or CJD)

Malaria (PDF, page 34, Communicable Disease Survellance Summary, 2006)

Measles

Meningococcus and Meningococcal Disease (Meningitis)

Rifampin antibiotic fact sheet

Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA)

Milk, raw and unpasteurized

Monkeypox (PDF, Epi-Log Newsletter, June 2003)

Mononucleosis (Model health policies by the Child Care Health program. See mononucleosis parent letter for description of this condition)

Mumps

N

Necrotizing fasciitis (Group A streptococcus)

Norovirus

P

Pandemic flu

Paralytic shellfish poisoning

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PDF)

Pertussis

Plague

Poliomyelitis

Pneumoccoal Disease in Adults

Pneumococcal Disease in Children

Psittacosis

Q

Q Fever

R

Rabies - Human to Human

Rabies (HDCV) vaccine

Rabies - Bat to Human

Rabies - Pets to Human

Raccoons

Relapsing fever (a.k.a. Tick fever)

Roundworm (a.k.a. Toxocariasis)

Rubella (PDF, numerous references to Rubella in "Plain Talk About Childhood Immunizations")

S

Salmonellosis - general information

Salmonellosis - Reptiles and Amphibians

Scabies

Scarlet fever (a.k.a. "strep throat", Scarletina; Model health policies by the Child Care Health program. See Strep Throat parent letter for description of this condition)

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases(STDs)

Shiga-toxin testing and Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (PDF, Epi-Log Newsletter, September 2007)

Shigellosis

Shingles

Smallpox

Staphylococcus, methicillin resistant

"Stomache flu" (Norovirus)

Streptococcus, group A

Syndromic surveillance

Syphilis

T

Tetanus

Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever (a.k.a. TBRF or tick paralysis)

Toxoplasmosis

Toxocariasis (a.k.a. Roundworm)

Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies

Trichinosis or Trichinellosis

Trichomoniasis (PDF)

Tuberculosis

Tularemia

Typhoid Fever

V

Varicella (Chickenpox, shingles)

Vibriosis

Viral hemorrhagic fever

W

Water borne diseases (PDF, See Chapter 8, Health of King County Report, 2006)

West Nile Virus human health fact sheet

Whooping cough

Y

Yellow Fever

Yersiniosis

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see also

Epi-Log newsletter

Stop Germs, Stay Healthy! handwashing posters

Immunization program

Reportable conditions

Travel immunization clinics

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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