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70Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Pneumonia
This is an infection of the lungs of variable cause, considered to be the most common infectious cause of death in the United States. It is a common complication of influenza. There are many different...
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69Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Leprosy
This is a chronic bacterial infection (also called Hansen's disease) that damages nerves in the skin, limbs, face, and mucous membranes. Untreated leprosy can lead to severe complications, which can...
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69Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Schistosomiasis
This is an infection that occurs worldwide, caused by flukes (parasites) that live and multiply in freshwater snails. It is also known as snail fever. There are two types of human schistosomiasis...
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68Nasty 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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68Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Listeriosis
This is a food-borne illness that may cause no symptoms in healthy people but that is particularly dangerous to a fetus or newborn, the elderly, and people with damaged immune systems. The illness is...
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68Nasty 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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67Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Malaria
This is an infectious disease caused by a parasitic protozoa within the red blood cells, now believed to be one of the major reemerging infections of the world. It is so serious that every 30 seconds...
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67Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Coccidioidomycosis
This disease is also known as valley fever, an infectious fungal disease caused by inhaling bacterial spores, which may be either acute or chronic. It is endemic in hot, dry areas of the U.S. Southwest...
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66Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Shigellosis
This is a bacterial diarrheal disease caused by the bacterium Shigella, which includes four different species. The disease is common among the developing countries, nourished or weak will be much...
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66Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Toxoplasmosis
This is a disease of mammals and birds, especially the cat that causes a mild illness except in the case of those with impaired immune systems or pregnant women. Cats get the disease by eating infected...
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