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A

Acanthamoeba Infection (Keratitis)

African Trypanosomiasis (African Sleeping Sickness)

Alveolar Echinococcosis

Amebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica Infection)

American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease)

Ancylostomiasis (Hookworm)

Angiostrongyliasis

Anisakiasis (Pseudoterranova Infection)

Ascariasis (Intestinal Roundworms)

Avian Influenza

B

Babesiosis (Babesia Infection)

Balantidiasis (Balantidium Infection)

Balamuthia

Baylisascariasis (Baylisascaris Infection) (Raccoon Roundworm)

Bed Bugs

Bilharzia (Schistosomiasis, Snail Fever)

Birth Defects

Blastocystis hominis Infection

Body Lice Infestation (Pediculosis)

Buruli ulcer

C

Cancer

Capillariasis (Capillaria Infection)

Cardiovascular Disease (Heart Disease)

Cat tapeworm (dog tapeworm, Dipylidium caninum Infection)

Cercarial Dermatitis (Swimmer’s Itch)

Chagas disease (American Trypanosomiasis)

Chikungunya Virus

Cholera

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Clonorchiasis (Clonorchis Infection)

“Crabs” (Pubic Lice)

Cryptosporidiosis

Cutaneous Larva Migrans (Zoonotic Hookworms)

Cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora Infection)

Cysticercosis (Neurocysticercosis)

Cystic Echinococcosis (Hydatid Disease)

Cystoisospora Infection (Isospora Infection)

D

Dengue

Diabetes

Dientamoeba fragilis Infection

Diphyllobothriasis (Diphyllobothrium Infection)

Dipylidium caninum Infection (dog tapeworm, cat tapeworm)

Dirofilariasis (Dirofilaria Infection)

Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease)

Dog tapeworm (Dipylidium caninum Infection, cat tapeworm)

E

Ebola (Ebola Virus Disease)

Echinococcosis (Alveolar, Cystic Echinococcosis)

Elephantiasis (Filariasis, Lymphatic Filariasis)

Entamoeba histolytica Infection (Amebiasis)

Enterobiasis (Pinworm Infection)

F

Fasciola Infection

Fasciolopsiasis (Fasciolopsis Infection)

Filariasis (Lymphatic Filariasis, Elephantiasis)

Flu (Influenza)

Foodborne Diseases

G

Giardiasis (Giardia Infection)

Gnathostomiasis (Gnathostoma Infection)

Group B Strep

Guinea Worm Disease (Dracunculiasis)

H

Head Lice Infestation (Pediculosis)

Heart Disease (Cardiovascular Disease)

Hepatitis

Heterophyiasis (Heterophyes Infection)

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

HIV/AIDS

Hookworm (Ancylostomiasis)

Hookworm Infection, Human

Hookworm Infection, Zoonotic (Ancylostomiasis, Cutaneous Larva Migrans)

Hydatid Disease (Cystic Echinococcosis)

Hymenolepiasis (Hymenolepis Infection)

Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

I

Influenza (Flu)

Intestinal Roundworms (Ascariasis)

Isospora Infection (Cystoisospora Infection)

K

Kala-azar (Leishmaniasis)

Keratitis (Acanthamoeba Infection)

L


Leishmaniasis
(Kala-azar)

Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease)

Lyme Disease

Lymphatic filariasis (Filariasis, Elephantiasis)

O

Ocular Larva Migrans (Toxocariasis)

Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)

Opisthorchiasis (Opisthorchis Infection)

P

Paragonimiasis (Paragonimus Infection)

Pediculosis (Body, Head Lice Infestation)

Pinworm Infection (Enterobiasis)

Pneumonia

Pseudoterranova Infection (Anisakiasis)

Polio

Pubic Lice (“Crabs”)

S

Salmonella

Sappinia

Sarcocystosis (Sarcocystosis Infection)

Scabies (Mite Infestation)

Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia, Snail Fever)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

Sickle Cell Disease

Smoking

Snail Fever (Schistosomiasis, Bilharzia)

Soil-transmitted Helminths

Stroke

Strongyloidiasis (Strongyloides Infection)

Swimmer’s Itch (Cercarial Dermatitis)

T

Tapeworm Infection (Taeniasis)

Taeniasis (Tapeworm)

Tobacco

Toxocariasis (Ocular Larva Migrans)

Toxiplasmosis

Trachoma

Trichinellosis (Trichinosis)

Trichinosis (Trichinellosis)

Trichuriasis (Whipworm)

Typhoid Fever

Tuberculosis

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  • Page last updated: August 11, 2017
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