Water-related Diseases, Contaminants, and Injuries By Symptom

A single asterisk (*) denotes Sanitation & Hygiene-Related Diseases. A double asterisk (**) indicates Vector or Insect-borne Diseases Associated with Water. For more information, please visit Healthy Water's Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene-Related Diseases.

Acute Gastrointestinal Illness (AGI)

(Illness/Infection or Contaminant primarily causing Acute Gastrointestinal Illness (AGI) when spread via water)

• Aeromonas hydrophila (FDA)
• Amebiasis (CDC)
• Astrovirus (CDC-general)
• Campylobacter (CDC, CDC-water, WHO)
• Campylobacteriosis (CDC, CDC-water, WHO)
• Cholera (CDC, WHO)
• Copper (CDC-ATSDR)
• Cryptosporidiosis (CDC, CDC-water)
• Cryptosporidium (CDC, CDC-water)
• Cyanobacteria (CDC, WHO)
• Cyclospora (CDC)
• Cyclosporiasis (CDC)
• Diarrhea (CDC, WHO)
• Diarrhea, Chronic (CDC, WHO)
• Diarrhea, Travelers’ (CDC)
• Escherichia coli 0157:H7 / "E. coli" (CDC, CDC-water, EPA, WHO)
• Fasciola gigantica (CDC, WHO)
• Fasciola hepatica (CDC, WHO)
• Fascioliasis (CDC, WHO)
• Fasciolopsiasis (CDC)
• Fasciolopsis buski (CDC)
• Giardia (CDC, CDC-water)
• Giardiasis (CDC, CDC-water)
• Microsporidiosis (CDC)
• Microsporidium (CDC)
• Norovirus (CDC, CDC-water)
• Plesiomonas shigelloides (FDA)
• Rotavirus (CDC, CDC-water, WHO)
• Salmonella (CDC, CDC-water, WHO)
• Salmonella typhi (CDC, WHO-water, WHO)
• Salmonellosis (CDC, CDC-water, WHO)
• Shigella (CDC, CDC-water, WHO)
• Shigellosis (CDC, CDC-water, WHO)
• Staphylococcus aureus (FDA, CDC)
• Travelers' Diarrhea (CDC)
• Typhoid Fever (CDC, WHO-water, WHO)
• Vibrio cholerae (CDC, WHO)
• Vibrio cholerae non-01 (FDA)
• Viral Gastroenteritis (CDC)

Ear

(Illness/Infection or Contaminant Primarily Affecting the Ear)

• Otitis Externa (CDC)
• Swimmer's Ear (CDC) (see Otitis Externa)

Eye

(Illness/Infection or Contaminant Primarily Affecting the Eye)

• Acanthamoeba (CDC)
• Adenoviruses 3 and 7 (CDC, CDC-general)
• Chlamydia trachomatis * (CDC, WHO) (see also Trachoma)
• Keratitis (CDC)
• Onchocerciasis ** (CDC, WHO)
• River Blindness ** (CDC, WHO) (see also Onchocerciasis)
• Trachoma * (CDC, WHO)

Nervous System

(Illness/Infection or Contaminant Primarily Affecting the Nervous System)

• Dengue Fever ** (CDC, WHO)
• Eastern Equine Encephalitis ** (CDC)
• Japanese Encephalitis ** (CDC, WHO)
• La Crosse Encephalitis ** (CDC)
• Malaria ** (CDC, WHO)
• Meningitis, Viral (CDC)
• Methaemoglobinaemia (WHO)
• Naegleria fowleri (CDC)
• Naegleria Infection (CDC)
• Rift Valley Fever ** (CDC, WHO)
• St. Louis Encephalitis ** (CDC)
• West Nile Virus ** (CDC)
• Western Equine Encephalitis ** (CDC)
• Yellow Fever ** (CDC, WHO)

Skin

(Illness/Infection or Contaminant Primarily Affecting the Skin)

• Cercarial Dermatitis (CDC)
• Dermatitis (CDC)
• Folliculitis (CDC)
• Hot Tub Rash (CDC)
• Lice * (CDC)
• Lymphatic filariasis * (CDC, WHO)
• Molluscum contagiosum (CDC)
• Pseudomonas (CDC)
• Ringworm * (WHO, NIH) (see also Tinea)
• Scabies * (CDC, WHO)
• Swimmer's Itch (CDC) (see also Cercarial Dermatitis)
• Tinea * (WHO, NIH) (see also Ringworm)

Wound Infections

(Illness/Infection or Contaminant Primarily Causing Wound Infections)

• Buruli Ulcer (WHO)
• Dracunculiasis (CDC, WHO)
• Dracunculus medinensis (CDC, WHO)
• Guinea Worm Disease (CDC, WHO) (see also Dracunculiasis)
• Mycobacterium ulcerans (WHO)
• Vibrio parahaemolyticus (CDC, FDA)
• Vibrio vulnificus (CDC, FDA)

Hepatitis

(Illness/Infection or Contaminant Primarily Causing Hepatitis)

• Hepatitis A (CDC, CDC-water, WHO)
• Hepatitis E (CDC, WHO)

Leptospirosis

(Illness/Infection or Contaminant Primarily Causing Leptospirosis)

• Leptospira (CDC, WHO)
• Leptospirosis (CDC, WHO)

Respiratory Illness

(Illness/Infection or Contaminant primarily causing Respiratory Illness)

• Adenoviruses (CDC, CDC-general)
• Algal Blooms, Harmful (HABs) (CDC)
• Burkholderia cepacia complex (CDC)
• Coxsackievirus (A16, B) (Enterovirus) (CDC)
• Echovirus (Type 9, 13, 30) (Enterovirus) (CDC)
• Enterovirus (CDC, CDC-water)
• Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) (CDC)
• Legionnaires’ Disease (CDC)
• Legionella (CDC)
• Legionellosis (CDC)
• Marine Toxins (CDC, CDC-general)
• Mycobacterium avium complex (CDC)
• Pontiac Fever (CDC)
• Toxins, Marine (CDC, CDC-general

Toxoplasmosis

(Illness/Infection or Contaminant Primarily Causing Toxoplasmosis)

• Toxoplasma gondii (CDC)
• Toxoplasmosis (CDC)

Nutritional Status

(Illness/Infection or Contaminant Primarily Affecting Nutritional Status)

• Anemia (WHO)
• Ascariasis * (CDC, WHO, WHO-general)
• Ascaris lumbricoides * (CDC, WHO, WHO-general)
• Bilharzia (CDC, WHO, WHO-PPC) (see also Schistosomiasis)
• Helminthiasis * (WHO, WHO-PPC)
• Hookworm * (CDC, WHO-general)
• Malnutrition (WHO)
• Schistosoma (CDC, WHO)
• Schistosomiasis (CDC, WHO)
• Soil transmitted helminths * (WHO, WHO-PPC)
• Trichuris trichuria (whipworm) * (CDC, WHO-general)

Other

(Other Type of Illness/Infection or Contaminant)

• Arsenic (CDC-ATSDR, WHO)
• Arsenicosis (CDC-ATSDR, WHO)
• Atrazine (CDC-ATSDR)
• Benzene (CDC-ATSDR)
• Fluoride (CDC-ATSDR, CDC, WHO)
• Fluorosis (CDC-ATSDR, CDC, WHO)
• Lead (CDC-ATSDR, CDC-water)
• Lead Poisoning (CDC-ATSDR, CDC-water)
• Mercury (CDC-ATSDR)
• Nitrate (EPA, CDC-water)
• Radionuclides (EPA)
• Radium (CDC-ATSDR, EPA)
• Radon (CDC-ATSDR, CDC-water)

* denotes Sanitation & Hygiene-Related Diseases.
** indicates Vector or Insect-borne Diseases Associated with Water.
For more information, please visit Healthy Water's Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene-Related Diseases.

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