Infectious diseases are diseases caused by microorganisms. These are microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites. They can sometimes be caught from other people, the environment, from animal contact, or from insect bites.
Infectious diseases can be any of the following:
- Chickenpox.
- Common cold
- Diphtheria
- E. coli
- Giardiasis
- HIV/AIDS
- Infectious mononucleosis
- Influenza (flu)
- Lyme disease
- Malaria
- Measles
- Meningitis
- Mumps
- Poliomyelitis (polio)
- Pneumonia
- Rocky mountain spotted fever
- Rubella (German measles)
- Salmonella infections
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Tetanus
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Tuberculosis
- Viral hepatitis
- West Nile virus