Communicable Disease Fact Sheets

Acinetobacter
Adenovirus 14 (link to CDC website)
AIDS
Anthrax
Bacterial Meningitis
Bacterial Vaginosis
BCG
Botulism
Campylobacter
Chickenpox
Child Illness
Childhood Diarrhea
Chlamydia
Clostridium Difficile (C. difficile)
Cold Sores
Common diseases in schools/childcare
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Diapering in Day Care
E. coli
Fifth Disease
Flu (Influenza)
Genital Herpes
Genital Warts
German Measles
Giardiasis
Gonorrhea
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Handwashing
Head Lice
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Herpes (cold sores)
HIV/AIDS
Impetigo
Influenza
Itchmite
Legionnaires Disease
Listeriosis
Lyme Disease

Measles
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
Mononucleosis
Mumps
NGU (Non-Gonococcal Urethritis)
Norovirus (Norwalk-like Virus)
Norovirus Cleaning Guidelines
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Pertussis ("whooping cough")
Pinkeye (Conjuctivitis)
Pinworms
Plague
Psittacosis (link to CDC website)
Rabies
Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Ringworm
Rotavirus
RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)
Rubella (German Measles)
Salmonella
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
Scabies ("itchmite")
Scarlet Fever
School Exclusion during Disease Outbreaks
Shigellosis
Shingles
Smallpox
Spread of Infectious Disease
Steps to Minimize the Spread of Disease
Strep Throat
Swimmer's Itch
Syphilis
Toxoplasmosis
Trichomoniasis
Tuberculosis
Tularemia
Universal Precautions
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE)
Viral Gastroenteritis
Viral Meningitis
Whooping Cough
West Nile Virus

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Last updated:7/15/08