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  2. List of diseases by year of discovery - Wikipedia

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    Disease Discoverer 2600 BC: Malaria [1] 1900 BC: Rabies: 1600 BC: Cancer: Hippocrates: ca 300: Dengue: Jin Dynasty (266–420) 9th century: Measles: Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi: 14th century: African trypanosomiasis: First described by Arab traders [2] 1798: Color blindness: John Dalton: 1798: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: John Dalton: 1881 ...

  3. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections , an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered ...

  4. List of zoonotic diseases - Wikipedia

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    Isolated similar cases reported in ancient history; in recent UK history probable start in the 1970s. [3] Brucellosis: Brucella spp. cattle, goats, pigs, sheep infected milk or meat Historically widespread in Mediterranean region; identified early 20th century. Bubonic plague, Pneumonic plague, Septicemic plague, Sylvatic plague: Yersinia pestis

  5. List of foodborne illness outbreaks by death toll - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of foodborne illness outbreaks by death toll, caused by infectious disease, heavy metals, chemical contamination, or from natural toxins, such as those found in poisonous mushrooms. Before modern microbiology, foodbourne illness was not understood, and, from the mid 1800s to early-mid 1900s, was perceived as ptomaine poisoning ...

  6. List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Medications are usually not needed as hand, foot, and mouth disease is a viral disease that typically resolves on its own. Under research [15] [16] Sin Nombre virus: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) No Heartland virus: Heartland virus disease No Helicobacter pylori: Helicobacter pylori infection No Escherichia coliO157:H7, O111 and O104:H4

  7. Lists of diseases - Wikipedia

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    List of childhood diseases and disorders; List of endocrine diseases; List of eponymous diseases; List of eye diseases and disorders; List of intestinal diseases; List of infectious diseases; List of human disease case fatality rates; List of notifiable diseases - diseases that should be reported to public health services, e.g., hospitals ...

  8. Category:Lists of diseases - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 13 December 2022, at 13:47 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  9. Category:Rare diseases - Wikipedia

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    Danon disease; Darier's disease; GLUT1 deficiency; Deficiency of the interleukin-1–receptor antagonist; Degos disease; Dejerine–Sottas disease; Dent's disease; Denys–Drash syndrome; Dercum's disease; Dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis; Dextrocardia; Diabetes insipidus; Diffuse infantile fibromatosis; Diffuse panbronchiolitis; Diphallia