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Infectious Diseases Home

The Immune System

Common Infectious Diseases

HIV/AIDS

HIV and Dementia

HIV/AIDS and Skin Conditions

Pneumocystis Pneumonia

Preventing Opportunistic Infections in HIV/AIDS

Dealing with Discrimination When You Have HIV

When You’re HIV-Positive: What to Say

Chagas Disease

Chickenpox

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Common Cold

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Diphtheria

Ebola

E. coli

Gangrene

Giardiasis

Infectious Mononucleosis

Influenza (Flu)

Lyme Disease

Lymphadenitis

Malaria

Measles

Meningitis

Mumps

Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection

Oral Hairy Leukoplakia

Poliomyelitis (Polio)

Pneumonia

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Rubella (German Measles)

Salmonella Infections

Sepsis

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Shingles (Herpes Zoster)

Tetanus

Toxic Shock Syndrome

Tuberculosis

Viral Hepatitis Overview

West Nile Virus

Whooping Cough (Pertussis)

Preventing Infectious Diseases

Handwashing

Pets and Infectious Diseases

Occupational Lung Diseases

Reducing Your Health Risks with Vaccines

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