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Infectious Facts

The following fact sheets provide information on infectious diseases. You first may wish to review some general facts about infectious disease by reading, Addressing Infectious Disease Threats. To learn more about the prevention of infectious diseases, please visit our Infectious Disease Internet Resources page.

African trypanosomiasis	lymphatic filaria
amebiasis	Lyme disease
anthrax	legionellosis
arbovirus	leptospirosis
babesiosis	malaria
bacterial meningitis	measles
cat scratch disease	mumps
Chagas disease	Norwalk virus infection
chickenpox	Otitis Media
chlamydia	pertussis
chronic fatigue syndrome	plague
cryptosporidiosis	polio
cyclospora	rabies
cytomegalovirus	respiratory syncytial virus
dengue hemorrhagic fever	ringworm
diphtheria	rocky mountain spotted fever
eastern equine encephalitis	rubella
ebola hemorrhagic fever	scabies
ehrlichiosis	schistosomiasis
giardiasis	sporotrichosis
group A streptococcus	St. Louis encephalitis
group B streptococcus	syphilis
Guinea worm	tetanus
haemophilus influenzae b	toxoplasmosis
hantavirus	tuberculosis
head lice	rotavirus
hepatitis A	LaCrosse encephalitis
hepatitis B	valley fever
hepatitis C	viral meningitis
histoplasmosis	western equine encephalitis
influenza	yellow fever
Japanese encephalitis