Communicable disease fact sheets from A-Z

A ^ Directory

• Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
  
  
• Amebiasis
  
  
• Animal bites
  
  
• Anthrax
  
  
• Arborviral diseases
  
  
• Autism and vaccines (PDF, see page 22, last question of "Plain Talk About Childhood Immunizations")
  • Issue Brief: MMR, Autism, and Wakefield – Responding to Vaccine-Hesitant Parents (PDF, 2/1/11)
    
    
• Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

B ^ Directory

• Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki (B.t.k.)
  
  
• Bat exposure and rabies prevention
  
  
• Bed bugs
  
  
• Biosolids recycling and E. coli
  
  
• Bioterrorism preparedness
  
  
• Borreliosis (Tick-borne relapsing fever)
  
  
• Botulism
  
  
• Brucellosis

C ^ Directory

• Campylobacteriosis
  
  
• Cervical cancer and Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
  
  
• Child care, communicable disease letters for families
  
  
• Chickenpox (Varicella) (available in multiple languages)

• Chlamydia
  
  
• Cholera
  
  
• Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (CJD and vCJD)
  
  
• Cryptococcus gattii
  
  
• Cryptosporidiosis
  
  
• Cyclosporiasis
  
  
• Cytomegalovirus (Model health policies by the Child Care Health program. See cytomegalovirus parent letter for description of this condition)

D ^ Directory

• Dengue Fever
  
  
• Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning
  
  
• Diphtheria

E ^ Directory

• E. coli O157:H7 and other Shiga toxin producing E. coli (available in multiple languages)
  
  • E. coli and Biosolids
    
    
• Epstein-Barr virus (a.k.a. Mononucleosis; see model health policies, parent letter from the Child Care Health program.)

F ^ Directory

• Flesh-eating bacteria (a.k.a. Group A streptococcus, Necrotizing fasciitis)
  
  
• Flu (influenza)
  
  
• Food borne illness:
  • Foodborne illness complaints, numbers and statistics
  • Food safety factsheets
  • How to report a possible foodborne illness

G ^ Directory

• Gastroenteritis outbreaks and long-term care facilities
  
  
• Giardiasis (available in multiple languages)
  
  
• Gonorrhea (also available in Spanish)
  
  
• Group A strep
  
  
• Guillain-Barré Syndrome and meningococcus vaccine

H ^ Directory

• H5N1 (Avian influenza)
  
  
• Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib disease)
  
  
• Hantavirus
  
  
• Head lice (also available in Spanish)
  
  
• Hepatitis A (available in multiple languages)
  
  
• Hepatitis B (available in multiple languages)
  
  
• Hepatitis C
  
  
• Hepatitis E
  
  
• Herpes (Genital) (also available in Spanish)
  
  
• Herpes zoster (Shingles)
  
  
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
  
  
• Human papillomavirus (HPV) (also available in Spanish)
  • HPV vaccine

I ^ Directory

• Immune globulin (Ig) for the prevention of communicable disease
  
  
• Influenza ("Flu")
  
  
• Influenza surveillance summaries

J ^ Directory

• Japanese encephalitis

L ^ Directory

• Legionellosis
  
  
• Leptospirosis
  
  
• Lice (also available in Spanish)
  
  
• Listeriosis
  
  
• Lyme Disease

M ^ Directory

• Mad Cow disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)
  
  
• Malaria
  
  
• Marine biotoxins
  
  
• Measles (available in multiple languages)
  
  
• Meningococcus and Meningococcal Disease (Meningitis; available in multiple languages)
  
  
• Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) (available in multiple languages)
  
  
• Milk, raw and unpasteurized
  
  
• Monkeypox (PDF, Epi-Log Newsletter, June 2003)
  
  
• Mononucleosis (Model health policies, parent letter by the Child Care Health program)
  
  
• Mumps

N ^ Directory

• Necrotizing fasciitis (Group A streptococcus)
  
  
• Norovirus (available in multiple languages)

P ^ Directory

• Pandemic flu
  
  
• Paralytic shellfish poisoning
  
  
• Pelvic inflammatory disease (PDF)
  
  
• Pertussis (Whooping Cough) (available in multiple languages)
  
  
• Plague
  
  
• Polio
  
  
• Pneumoccoal disease in adults
  
  
• Pneumococcal disease in children
  
  
• Prion diseases
  
  
• Psittacosis

Q ^ Directory

• Q Fever

R ^ Directory

• Rabies
  
  
• Raccoons
  
  
• Raw milk
  
  
• Relapsing fever (Tick-borne relapsing fever)
  
  
• Ricin
  
  
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF)
  
  
• Roundworm (Toxocariasis)
  
  
• Rubella

S ^ Directory

• Salmonella (available in multiple languages)
  
  
• Salmonellosis - Reptiles and Amphibians
  
  
• Scabies
  
  
• Scarlet fever (a.k.a. "Strep throat", Scarlentina; See model health policies, parent letter by the Child Care Health program)
  
  
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
  
  
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
  
  
• Shiga toxin-producing E. coli
  
  
• Shigellosis (available in multiple languages)
  
  
• Shingles
  
  
• Smallpox
  
  
• Staphylococcus, methicillin resistant
  
  
• "Stomache flu" (Norovirus)
  
  
• Streptococcus, group A
  
  
• Syndromic surveillance (Seasonal flu weekly activity reports)
  
  
• Syphilis

T ^ Directory

• Tetanus
  
  
• Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever (TBRF)
  
  
• Toxoplasmosis
  
  
• Toxocariasis (Roundworm)
  
  
• Transmissable Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE)
  
  
• Trichinosis or Trichinellosis
  
  
• Trichomoniasis (PDF)
  
  
• Tuberculosis (available in multiple languages)
  
  
• Tularemia
  
  
• Typhoid Fever

V ^ Directory

• Varicella (Chickenpox, shingles) (available in multiple languages)
  
  
• Vibriosis
  
  
• Viral hemorrhagic fever

W ^ Directory

• Water borne diseases
  
  
• West Nile virus
  
  
• Whooping cough

Y ^ Directory

• Yellow Fever
  
  
• Yersiniosis (available in multiple languages)

Z ^ Directory

• Zoonotic Diseases Program