Infectious Diseases by Name

Learn the details about the different infectious disease, including where they're prominent, how to protect yourself, and what to do if you do get sick.
A pregnant woman avoiding toxoplasmosis by washing fruits and vegetables.
Toxoplasmosis Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
A healthcare provider listening to an older man's breathing as he coughs.
What Is Latent TB?
Person with bandaged hand
Symptoms of Pseudomonas
An illustration of a person with view of their brain.
Encephalitis of the Brain: Short and Long-Term Effects
Person coping with monkeypox on face
Coping With Mpox
A chickenpox rash caused by varicella zoster virus
Varicella-Zoster Virus: Overlap Between Chickenpox and Shingles
Monkeypox rash
How Mpox Is Treated
Senior person standing at a counter in front of a window
Symptoms of Endocarditis
A budgie sits on the arm of a man or woman. A tame bird or pet on the owner's hand or palm. Close-up.
What Is Psittacosis?
Doctor comforts patient with neutropenic sepsis
What Is Neutropenic Sepsis?
Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis)
What Is Enterococcus Faecalis (E. faecalis)?
Intestinal roundworm
What Are Helminths?
An illustration of a doctor holding a magnifying glass over a pair of lungs with two people looking at it—a woman with a tissue over her mouth and a man who is coughing.
The Link Between Asthma and Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
Woman sick at home with high fever
Epstein-Barr Virus Treatment
Parvovirus Symptoms
What Is Parvovirus?
Female doctor examines teenage patient
Epstein-Barr Virus Symptoms and Treatment
Virus
West Nile Virus (WNV)
Green Smoothie
What to Eat When You Have Clostridioides Difficile (C. Diff)
Blood Test
How an Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA) Test Works
An oral vaccination of a baby boy
What Is Polio?
Asian sick little girl lying in bed with a high fever
Symptoms of Yellow Fever
patient talking to doctor
How Cholera Is Treated
Woman washing hands in washstand
How Cholera Is Diagnosed
Whas up
Causes and Risk Factors of Cholera
washing hands
Symptoms of Cholera
Doctor examining child's mouth
How Mumps Is Diagnosed
Mosquito sucking blood
Causes and Risk Factors of Yellow Fever
Photo of Pregnant Woman With Cat
Treatment and Prevention of Toxoplasmosis
Hispanic doctor examining neck of patient
Symptoms of Toxoplasmosis
tetanus pertussis vaccine
What Is Tetanus?
Toxoplasmosis and fetus
How Toxoplasmosis Is Diagnosed
Guinea worm disease
An Overview of Guinea Worm Disease
Doctor examining young girl
How Mumps Is Treated
mother and daughter washing hands
Enterovirus: Strains, How It Spreads, and Prevention Strategies
Deer tick on a finger
An Overview of Babesiosis
Asian man taking temperature while sick at home
An Overview of Typhoid Fever
T. cruzi blood infection
What Is Chagas Disease?
Preparing vaccines
Prevention of Meningitis
Mother taking her sick daughter's temperature
Mumps: Signs, Symptoms, and Complications
Vibrio Cholerae
What Is Cholera?
Japanese seafood sushi, roll and chopstick on white plate
Anisakis Raw Fish Parasite
tapeworms
Parasitic Infections of the Central Nervous System
Hookworm
Hookworm in Humans: Signs, Transmission, Prevention
woman with abdominal pain
Staphylococcus Aureus Food Poisoning: An Overview