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86Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Scarlet Fever
This is an infectious bacterial childhood disease characterized by a skin rash, sore throat, and fever. It is less common and caused by a toxin released by the bacteria. dangerous than it was years ago. No...
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81Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Gonorrhea
This is the most commonly reported communicable disease in the United States, most often affecting the genitourinary tract and (sometimes) the pharynx, eyes, or rectum. Since 1980 the number of people with...
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82Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Botulism
Botulism is the most common type of the infectious disease known as botulism is a food-borne illness involving the toxin produced by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum, which is both rare and very deadly...
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82Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Cat Scratch Disease
Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is a mild illness following the scratch or bite of a kitten or cat, caused by a small bacterium recently identified as Bartonella (formerly Rochalimaea) henselae. Three-quarters of...
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77Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Ringworm
This is a skin infection caused by a fungus that can affect the scalp, skin, fingers, toenails, or feet. The disease has nothing to do with worms or rings. Scalp ringworm is the most common fungal skin...
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78Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Haemophilus influenzae type b
This is a type of rod-shaped bacterium that can cause serious diseases. It is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in children. H. flu meningitis is a serious infection characterized by inflammation of...
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79Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Leptospirosis
This is a bacterial disease characterized by a skin rash and flulike symptoms caused by a spirochete bacterium excreted by rodents. Also known as autumn fever, there are about 100 cases and a few deaths...
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78Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Chlamydia
Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the United States, infecting more than 4.5 million people each year. It is a serious but easily cured disease that is 3 times more common...
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75Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Bronchitis
Bronchitis is inflammation of the airways that connect the windpipe (trachea) to the lungs, resulting in persistent cough with quantities of phlegm or sputum. Attacks usually occur in the winter among...
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76Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Cholera
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine characterized by profuse, painless, watery diarrhea has been one of the great social and political forces in history. If untreated, severe cases can cause...
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