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Pages in category "Airborne diseases" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) Microscopic examination of fresh anticoagulated blood, or its buffy coat, for motile parasites; or by preparation of thin and thick blood smears stained with Giemsa. Benznidazole and nifurtimox (though benznidazole is the only drug available in most of Latin America) Under research [8] Haemophilus ...
Infectious diseases capable of airborne transmission include many of considerable importance both in human and veterinary medicine. The relevant infectious agent may be viruses , bacteria , or fungi , and they may be spread through breathing, talking, coughing, sneezing, raising of dust, spraying of liquids, flushing toilets , or any activities ...
1600–1650 South America malaria epidemic 1600–1650 South America Malaria: Unknown [citation needed] 1603 London plague (part of the second plague pandemic) 1603 London, England Bubonic plague: 40,000 [64] [65] [66] 1616 New England infections epidemic 1616–1620 Southern New England, British North America, especially the Wampanoag people
As of 2020, the following are the notifiable diseases in the US as mandated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: [1] Notifiable infectious diseases
The CDC has so far been reluctant to press for such measures, as it updates foundational guidelines on curbing airborne infections in hospitals, nursing homes, prisons, and other facilities that ...
Human infectious diseases may be characterized by their case fatality rate (CFR), the proportion of people diagnosed with a disease who die from it (cf. mortality rate).It should not be confused with the infection fatality rate (IFR), the estimated proportion of people infected by a disease-causing agent, including asymptomatic and undiagnosed infections, who die from the disease.
List of fictional diseases, diseases found only in works of fiction. Airborne disease , a disease that spreads through the air. Contagious disease , a subset of infectious diseases.