Health Topics A

Health Topics Infectious Diseases A to Z

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Health Topics A to Z provides a listing of disease and health topics found on the CDC Web site. It is not yet a complete index of the site. New topics are added on an ongoing basis.
Reference: Master List of Infectious diseases

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Acanthamoeba Infection     Fact sheet    Professional information     Microscopy Images
Acute Care
Adenoviruses
Adolescents     to cdc
African Sleeping Sickness (Trypanosomiasis)
           East African Trypanosomiasis
           West African Trypanosomiasis
           Lab assistance African Trypanosomiasis     Microscopy Images
Aging      strt
AIDS/HIV
Air Pollution
Airbags
Alveolar Hydatid Disease (AHD) (Echinococcosis)
Amebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica Infection)
American dog tick (Rocky Mountain spotted fever)
American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease)
Ammonia
Ancylostoma Infection (Hookworm)
Anencephaly (Neural Tube Birth Defect)
Angiostrongylus Infection
Anisakiasis Infection
Anthrax
Antibiotic Resistance
Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing educational resources (M.A.S.T.E.R.)
Arboviral Encephalitides
Arenaviruses
Arthritis
Ascariasis (Intestinal Roundworms)
Ascarids
Aspergillosis
Assisted Reproductive Technology
Asthma
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Autism
B virus
Babesia Infection
Back Belts
Bacterial Diseases
Balantidium Infection
Baylisascaris Infection
Behavioral Risk Factors
Bicycle-Related Injuries
Bilharzia (Schistosomiasis)
Biological Agents
Biosafety
Bioterrorism
Birth Defects
Blastocystis hominis Infection
Blastomycosis
Bleeding disorders (including von Willebrand disease, hemophilia)
Blindness
Bone Health
Botulism
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
Brain Injury
Brainerd Diarrhea
Breastfeeding
Brucellosis
Calicivirus Infection
Campylobacter
Cancer
Candidiasis
Capillaria Infection
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Cardiovascular Disease
Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1
Cerebral palsy
Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis)
Chemical terrorism
Chemical Weapons (Demilitarization)
Chickenpox (Varicella)
Child Abuse
Child Development
Child Health
Child Passenger Safety
Children
Child Safety Seats
Chilomastix mesnili Infection (Nonpathogenic Intestinal Amebae)
Chlamydia (STD)
Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection
Chlorine (CL)
Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)
Chronic Diarrhea
Chronic Disease
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease)
CLM (Cutaneous Larva Migrans)
Clinical Growth Charts
Clonorchiasis
Coccidioidomycosis
Communication Limitations
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
Coxsackievirus A16 (Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease)
"Crabs" (Pubic Lice)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
Cruise Ships
Cryptococcosis
Cryptosporidiosis (crypto)
Culex mosquito (vector of West Nile virus)
Cyanide
Cyanogen Chloride (CK)
Cyclospora Infection
Cysticercosis
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Dating Violence
Deafness
Death Investigations, medico-legal
Delusional Parasitosis
Dengue/Dengue Fever     See also WHO detail medical publication for diagnosis and treatment in English
    list of PAHO publications
    PAHO guidelines for dengue prevention and control - have good clinical info Scroll down and click on Chapters on left side of screen

Dental Health
Developmental Disabilities
Diabetes
Diarrhea
Dientamoeba fragilis Infection
Diethylstilbestrol (DES)
Diphtheria
Diphyllobothrium Infection
Dipylidium Infection
Disabilities
Disability and Health
Disparities, Health
Dog Bites
Domestic Violence
Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease)
Drowning
Drug Resistance
Drug Service
Drunk Driving
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
Earthquake
Eastern Equine Encephalitis
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
Echinococcosis (Alveolar Hydatid Disease)
E.coli
Ectopic Pregnancy
Ehrlichia Infection (Ehrlichiosis)
Elderly Injuries
Elephantiasis
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Encephalitis, Mosquito-Transmitted
Encephalitis, St. Louis
Endolimax nana Infection (Nonpathogenic Intestinal Amebae)
Entamoeba coli Infection (Nonpathogenic Intestinal Amebae)
Entamoeba dispar Infection (Nonpathogenic Intestinal Amebae)
Entamoeba hartmanni Infection (Nonpathogenic Intestinal Amebae)
Entamoeba histolytica Infection (Amebiasis)
Entamoeba polecki Infection (Nonpathogenic Intestinal Amebae)
Enterobiasis (Pinworm Infection)
Enterovirus Infection (Non-Polio)
Environmental Health
Environmental Health, National Center for
Environmental Public Health Indicators
Environmental Public Health Tracking
Epilepsy
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
Ergonomics
Erythema Infectiosum (Parvovirus B19 Infection, Fifth Disease)
Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E.coli)
Extreme Cold
Extreme Heat
Falls and Hip Fractures
Fasciola Infection
Fasciolopsis Infection
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Fifth Disease (Erythema Infectiosum, Parvovirus B19 Infection)
Filariasis (Bancroftian filariasis)
Fire
Firearm-Related Injuries
Five-A-Day Fruits and Vegetables
Flood
Flu
Folic Acid -- Healthy Babies
Food Safety
Foodborne Illnesses
Gastroenteritis (Viral)
Genetics
Genital Herpes
Genomics
Giardiasis
Glanders (Burkholderia mallei)
Gnathostomiasis
Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
Group A Streptococcal Infection
Group B Streptococcal Infection
Growth Charts
Guinea Worm Disease (Dracunculiasis)
Gum Disease
Haemophilus influenzae (Hib) Infection
Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease (Coxsackievirus A16)
Hand hygiene in healthcare settings
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
Hard of hearing
Head Injury
Head Lice Infestation (Pediculosis)
Health Alert Network
Health and Safety Manuals
Healthcare related infections
Health Disparities
Health-Related Quality of Life
Healthy Swimming
Healthy Youth
Hearing and Noise
Hearing impairment
Hearing loss in infants
Hearing screening
Heart Disease
Heat, extreme
Helicobacter pylori (Peptic Ulcer Disease)
Hemochromatosis Overview
Hemophilia (Bleeding disorder)
Hendra Virus
Hepatitis
Heterophyes Infection
HFE Gene and Hereditary Hemochromatosis
Histoplasmosis (Fungal Disease)
HIV/AIDS
Hookworm Infection
Hospital Infections
Human Parainfluenza Viruses
Hurricane
Hydrogen Cyanide (AC)
Hymenolepsis Infection
Hysterectomy
Images (Public Health)
Immigrants and Refugees, medical examination of US-bound
Immunization
Importation and Quarantine
Infants
Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases, National Center for (home page)
Infertility
Influenza (Flu)
Injuries
Insects and Relatives, Infectious Diseases of
Intestinal Roundworms (Ascariasis)
Intimate Partner Violence
Iodamoeba buetschlii Infection (Nonpathogenic Intestinal Amebae)
Isospora Infection
Iron Overload
Japanese Encephalitis
Jaundice
Jet injectors
Kernicterus
La Crosse Encephalitis
Lassa Fever
LCM, LCMV (Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis, Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus)
Lead Poisoning
Leading Causes of Death
Learning limitations
Legacy for children
Legionellosis
Leishmaniasis
Leprosy
Leptospirosis
Lewisite (L, L-1, L-2, L-3)
Lice Infestation (Body Lice, Head Lice, Pubic Lice)
Limb Loss
Listeriosis
Loa loa Infection
Low Vision
Lyme Disease
Lymphatic Filariasis
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis (LCM)
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV)
Mad Cow Disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or BSE)
Malaria
Mammograms
Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever
Marine toxins (Causes of foodborne illness)
M.A.S.T.E.R. (antimicrobial susceptibility testing educational resources)
Maternal Health
Measles
Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei)
Meningitis

Meningococcal Disease
Men's Health
Mental Health
Mental retardation
Micronutrient Malnutrition
Microsporidiosis
Migration and Quarantine
Minority Health
Mobility limitations
Mold
Monkeypox
Mononucleosis
Mosquito-Borne Diseases
Motor Vehicle-Related Injuries
MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
Mumps
Mustard Gas (H) (Sulphur Mustard)
Mycobacterium avium Complex (MAC)
Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection
Naegleria Infection
Nationally Notifiable Infectious Diseases
Needle-free Injection Technology
Needlesticks
Neurocysticercosis
Newborn hearing screening
Newborn Screening
New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Nitrogen Mustard (HN-1, HN-2, HN-3)
Nocardiosis
Noise
Nonpathogenic Intestinal Amebae Infection
Nosocomial infections
Norovirus
Norwalk
Norwalk-like Viruses
Nutrition
Obesity and Overweight

Occupational Health
Older Adult Health
Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)
Opisthorcis Infection
Oral Health
Otitis Media
Paragonimus Infection
Parasites
Parenting research
Parvovirus-B19 (Fifth Disease)
Parvovirus-B19 and Pregnancy
Pediatric Growth Charts
Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System (PedNSS)
Pediculosis (Head Lice Infestation)
Peptic Ulcer (Helicobacter pylori)
Personal care/Home management limitations
Pertussis
Pets, Infectious Diseases Related to
PHIL (Public Health Image Library)
Physical Activity and Health
Pinworm Infection (Enterobiais vermicularis)
Plague
Playground Injuries
Pneumococcal Disease
Pneumocystis carinii Infection (Pneumocystis Pneumonia)
Pneumonia
Poisoning
Polio Vaccines
Potassium Cyanide (KCN)
Potassium Iodide (KI)
Pregnancy
Preventing Falls Among Older Adults
Psittacosis
Pubic Lice ("Crabs")
Q fever
Quarantine and Migration
Rabies
Raccoon Roundworm Infection (Baylisascaris Infection)
Radiation Emergencies
Radiation Studies
Recreational Water Illnesses
Refugees and Immigrants, medical examination of US-bound
Rehabilitation
Reproductive Health
Resistance, Antibiotic
Resistance, Antimicrobial
Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Ricin
Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever)
Rift Valley Fever
River Blindness (Onchocerciasis)
RMSF (Rocky Mountain spotted fever)
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF)
Rocky Mountain wood tick (Rocky Mountain spotted fever)
Rotavirus
Roundworms (Toxocara infection)
RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)
Rubella
Salmonella Enteritidis (Egg associated salmonellosis)
Salmonella infection (salmonellosis)
Sarin
Scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei)
Schistosomiasis (bilharzia)
School Health
Secondary conditions
Seniors
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Sexual Assault (Rape)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Shigellosis (Shigella)
Shingles
SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
Sleeping Sickness (Trypanosomiasis, African Sleeping Sickness)
Smallpox
Smokeless Tobacco
Smoking
Sodium Cyanide
Soman (GD)
Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
Spanish Language Documents
Spina Bifida
Spinal Cord Injury
Sporotrichosis (Fungal Disease)
St. Louis Encephalitis
Staphylococcus aureus
STARI (Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness)
Streptococcal infections (Groups A and B Streptococcus)
Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection
Stroke or Cerebrovascular Disease
Strongyloides Infection
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Suicide
Suicide
Sulphur Mustard (H) (Mustard Gas)
Surveillance Resources
Swimmer's Itch (Schistosomiasis)
Swimming Pool Safety
Syndemics
Syphilis (Treponema pallidum)
Tabun (GA)
Taenia Infection
Tapeworm Infection
Teens
Teeth
Terrorism
Tetanus
Tickborne Diseases
Tobacco
Tornado
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Toxocara Infection
Toxocariasis (roundworms)
Toxoplasmosis
Traumatic Brain Injury
Travelers' Health
Trichinosis (Trichinellosis)
Trichomonas Infection
Trichuriasis (Whipworm infection)
Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
Tuberculosis
Tularemia
Typhoid Fever
Ulcers (Peptic ulcer disease)
Unintended Pregnancy
Vaccination
Vaccine Identification Standards Initiative (VISI)
Vaccine Safety
Varicella (Chickenpox)
Vessel Sanitation
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Vibrio vulnificus
Violence
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
VISI (Vaccine Identification Standards Initiative)
Vision impairment
von Willebrand disease (Bleeding disorder)
VX
Walking
Waterborne Diseases
West Nile Virus
Western Equine Encephalitis
Whipworm Infection
WISEWOMAN
Women's Health
Yellow Fever
Yersinia enterocolitica
Youth Violence
Zoonotic Diseases
Zoster