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| Infectious
Disease Information: Childhood Diseases |
| Selected
Childhood Diseases
Common
names for diseases are listed here where possible. Technical terms
are in the main Disease Information index.
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| Diseases
A - C |
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amebiasis
bacterial
meningitis
bilharzia
campylobacteriosis
Chagas
disease
chickenpox
CMV
cold,
common
croup
cryptosporidiosis
cyclosporiasis
cytomegalovirus
(CMV) infection
| Diseases
D - G |
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diarrhea
diphtheria
dog
and cat flea tapeworm infection
dwarf
and rat tapeworm infection
ear
infection
E.
Coli
infection
Epstein-Barr
Virus infection
fifth
disease
flu
German
measles
giardiasis
group
B streptococcal disease
| Diseases
H - K |
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hand,
foot, and mouth disease
head
lice
hepatitis
A and B
Hib
disease
hookworm
human
parainfluenza virus infection
influenza
intestinal
Roundworms
Kala-azar
Kawasaki
syndrome
| Diseases
L - O |
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leishmaniasis
lice
infestation
listeriosis
lockjaw
malaria
measles
meningitis
(bacterial and viral)
mite
infestation
mononucleosis,
infectious
mumps
non-polio
enterovirus infections
| Diseases
P - R |
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parvovirus
B19 infection
pertussis
pinworm
infection
pneumonia
polio
racoon
roundworm
ringworm
rotavirus
infection
roundworm
infection, zoonotic
RSV
infection
rubella
rubeola
| Diseases
S - Z |
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salmonellosis
scabies
scarlet
fever
schistosomiasis
shigellosis
streptococcal
infections (including strep throat)
tetanus
thrush
toxoplasmosis
tuberculosis
whipworm
infection
whooping cough
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