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66Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Yersiniosis
This is a common but underreported food-borne illness that was first recognized in the United States in 1976, where it was traced to tainted chocolate milk. Infants and children are the most common...
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61Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Yaws
One of the world's most prevalent infections, this is a childhood skin disease found throughout the poorer subtropical and tropical areas of the world. Also known as frambesia, pian, or bouba, yaws is...
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67Nasty 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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63Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Toxocariasis
This is the infection with the larvae of Toxocara (the common roundworm of dogs and cats). Toxocara canis is one of two types of roundworm, and this is the variety found in dogs. T. canis is the more...
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70Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Shingles
This is a painful, red blistering viral infection of the nerves that supply certain areas of the skin, caused by reactivation of the Varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the same culprit that causes childhood...
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70Nasty 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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78Nasty 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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73Nasty 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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60Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Salmonellosis
One of the major types of food poisoning, this disease is caused by bacteria that multiply rapidly at room temperatures. While salmonellosis is fatal in only 1 percent of cases, it is very dangerous in...
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73Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Rotavirus
Rotavirus is the common name for a family of viruses that shave several features. The group A rotaviruses are the most common cause of severe diarrhea in children. This virus strikes 130 million people...
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