Information about Infectious Diseases
| Name | Alt. Name |
| acute bronchitis | infection of the bronchi, inflammation of the bronchi |
| amebiasis | |
| antibody titer | |
| aspergillosis | Aspergillus infection |
| athlete's foot | dermatophytosis, tinea pedis |
| bacterial meningitis | |
| bronchiolitis | |
| cat scratch disease | |
| cellulitis | |
| chickenpox | varicella |
| chlamydia | |
| cholera | |
| colds | common cold, upper respiratory infection, URI, viral pharyngitis, viral URI |
| croup | acute laryngotracheobronchitis |
| cytomegalovirus | CMV |
| day care health risks | |
| fifth disease | erythema infectiosum |
| flu | influenza |
| gastroenteritis | enterogastritis, intestinal flu, viral enteritis |
| genital herpes | |
| giardiasis | |
| gonococcal infections | gonorrhea |
| gonorrhea in females | |
| gonorrhea in males | gonococcal urethritis |
| group A streptococcal infections | GAS infection |
| group B streptococcal septicemia of the newborn | GBS sepsis |
| hand-foot-and-mouth disease | |
| hepatitis A | hepatovirus infection |
| hepatitis B | serum hepatitis |
| hepatitis C | non-A, non-B hepatitis |
| hepatitis D | hepatitis delta |
| hepatitis | viral hepatitis |
| herpes simplex infections | |
| histoplasmosis | |
| HIV | Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, AIDS, Human immunodeficiency virus |
| hookworm infection | |
| hospital acquired pneumonia | nosocomial pneumonia |
| impetigo | |
| leprosy | Hansen's disease |
| listeriosis | |
| Lyme disease | |
| mad cow disease and new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease | bovine spongiform encephalopathy, new variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease |
| malaria | |
| measles | morbilli, red measles, rubeola |
| meningitis in infants and children | pediatric meningitis |
| meningococcal infections | meningococcus infections, Neisseria meningitidis infections |
| molluscum contagiosum | |
| mononucleosis | EBV, Epstein-Barr virus, mono |
| mumps | |
| mycoplasma infections | Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections, primary atypical pneumonia |
| neonatal conjunctivitis | ophthalmia neonatorum |
| nocardiosis | |
| oral herpes | cold sores, fever blisters, herpes simplex, HSV-1 |
| osteomyelitis | bone infections |
| pertussis | whooping cough |
| pleurisy | pleuritis |
| Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia | PCP |
| pneumonia | |
| poliomyelitis | acute paralytic poliomyelitis or APP, infantile paralysis, nonparalytic poliomyelitis, paralytic poliomyelitis, polio, type 1 poliovirus |
| psittacosis | chlamydia psittaci, ornithosis, parrot fever |
| pyogenic granuloma | |
| rabies | |
| rickettsialpox | |
| Rocky Mountain spotted fever | |
| roseola | exanthema subitum, pseudorubella |
| RSV infection | respiratory syncytial virus infection |
| rubella | German measles, three-day measles |
| safer sex | safe sex |
| scabies | |
| scarlet fever | scarletina |
| sexually transmitted disease | STD, VD, venereal disease |
| shingles | herpes zoster, varicella zoster |
| sporotrichosis | |
| syphilis | |
| tinea versicolor | pityriasis versicolor |
| TORCH infections | |
| toxoplasmosis | |
| traveler's diarrhea | E. coli diarrhea |
| trichomoniasis | |
| tuberculosis | phthisis, TB |
| tularemia | rabbit fever |
| upper respiratory infection | URI |