Infectious diseases
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Cause
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AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
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HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus)
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Amebiasis
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Entamoeba histolytica
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Anaplasmosis
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Anaplasma genus
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Acinetobacter infections
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Acinetobacter baumannii
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Actinomycosis
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Actinomyces israelii, Actinomyces gerencseriae and Propionibacterium propionicus
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African sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis)
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Trypanosoma brucei
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Anthrax
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Bacillus anthracis
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Arcanobacterium haemolyticum infection
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Arcanobacterium haemolyticum
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Argentine hemorrhagic fever
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Junin virus
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Ascariasis
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Ascaris lumbricoides
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Aspergillosis
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Aspergillus genus
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Astrovirus infection
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Astroviridae family
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Babesiosis
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Babesia genus
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Bacillus cereus infection
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Bacillus cereus
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Bacterial pneumonia
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multiple bacteria
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Bacterial vaginosis (BV)
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multiple bacteria
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Bacteroides infection
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Bacteroides genus
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BK virus infection
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BK virus
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Black piedra
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Piedraia hortae
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Blastocystis hominis infection
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Blastocystis hominis
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Blastomycosis
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Blastomyces dermatitidis
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Bolivian hemorrhagic fever
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Machupo virus
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Borrelia infection
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Borrelia genus
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Brazilian hemorrhagic fever
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Sabia
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Buruli ulcer
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Mycobacterium ulcerans
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alicivirus infection (Norovirus and Sapovirus)
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Caliciviridae family
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Campylobacteriosis
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Campylobacter genus
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Candidiasis (Moniliasis; Thrush)
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usually Candida albicans and other Candida species
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Cat-scratch disease
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Bartonella henselae
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Cellulitis
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usually Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus
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Chickenpox
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Varicella zoster virus (VZV)
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Chlamydia
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection
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Chlamydophila pneumoniae
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Cholera
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Vibrio cholerae
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Chromoblastomycosis
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usually Fonsecaea pedrosoi
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Clonorchiasis
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Clonorchis sinensis
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Colorado tick fever (CTF)
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Colorado tick fever virus (CTFV)
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Common cold (Acute viral rhinopharyngitis; Acute coryza)
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usually rhinoviruses and coronaviruses.
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Cryptococcosis
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Cryptococcus neoformans
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Cryptosporidiosis
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Cryptosporidium genus
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Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM)
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Ancylostoma braziliense; multiple other parasites
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Cyclosporiasis
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Cyclospora cayetanensis
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Cyclosporiasis
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Cyclospora cayetanensis
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Cysticercosis
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Taenia solium
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Cytomegalovirus infection
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Cytomegalovirus
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Dengue fever
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Dengue viruses (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3 and DEN-4) – Flaviviruses
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Dientamoebiasis
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Dientamoeba fragilis
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Diphtheria
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae
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Diphyllobothriasis
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Diphyllobothrium
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Dracunculiasis
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Dracunculus medinensis
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Ebola hemorrhagic fever
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Ebolavirus (EBOV)
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Echinococcosis
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Echinococcus genus
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Ehrlichiosis
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Ehrlichia genus
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Enterobiasis (Pinworm infection)
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Enterobius vermicularis
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Enterococcus infection
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Enterococcus genus
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Enterovirus infection
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Enterovirus genus
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Epidemic typhus
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Rickettsia prowazekii
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Erythema infectiosum (Fifth disease)
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Parvovirus B19
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Fasciolopsiasis
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Fasciolopsis buski
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Fasciolosis
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Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica
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Fatal familial insomnia (FFI)
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FFI prion
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Filariasis
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Filarioidea superfamily
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Food poisoning by Clostridium perfringens
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Clostridium perfringens
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Free-living amebic infection
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multiple
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Fusobacterium infection
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Fusobacterium genus
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Gas gangrene (Clostridial myonecrosis)
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usually Clostridium perfringens; other Clostridium species
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Geotrichosis
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Geotrichum candidum
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Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS)
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GSS prion
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Giardiasis
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Giardia intestinalis
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Glanders
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Burkholderia mallei
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Gnathostomiasis
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Gnathostoma spinigerum and Gnathostoma hispidum
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Gonorrhea
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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Granuloma inguinale (Donovanosis)
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Klebsiella granulomatis
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Group A streptococcal infection
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Streptococcus pyogenes
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Group B streptococcal infection
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Streptococcus agalactiae
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Haemophilus influenzae infection
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Haemophilus influenzae
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Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD)
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Enteroviruses, mainly Coxsackie A virus and Enterovirus 71 (EV71)
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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
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Sin Nombre virus
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Helicobacter pylori infection
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Helicobacter pylori
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Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS)
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Escherichia coli O157:H7
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Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)
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Bunyaviridae family
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Hepatitis A
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Hepatitis A Virus
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Hepatitis B
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Hepatitis B Virus
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Hepatitis C
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Hepatitis C Virus
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Hepatitis D
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Hepatitis D Virus
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Hepatitis E
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Hepatitis E Virus
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Herpes simplex
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Herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2)
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Histoplasmosis
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Histoplasma capsulatum
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Hookworm infection
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Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus
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Human bocavirus infection
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Human bocavirus (HBoV)
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Human ewingii ehrlichiosis
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Ehrlichia ewingii
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection
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Human papillomavirus (HPV)
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Human parainfluenza virus infection
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Human parainfluenza viruses (HPIV)
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Hymenolepiasis
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Hymenolepis nana and Hymenolepis diminuta
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Epstein-Barr Virus Infectious Mononucleosis (Mono)
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Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
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Influenza (flu)
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Orthomyxoviridae family
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Isosporiasis
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Isospora belli
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Kawasaki disease
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unknown; evidence supports that it is infectious
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Keratitis
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multiple
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Lassa fever
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Lassa virus
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Legionellosis (Legionnaires' disease)
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Legionella pneumophila
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Legionella pneumophila
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Legionella pneumophila
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Leishmaniasis
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Leishmania genus
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Leprosy
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Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis
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Leptospirosis
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Leptospira genus
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Listeriosis
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Listeria monocytogenes
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Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis)
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usually Borrelia burgdorferi and other Borrelia species
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Lymphatic filariasis (Elephantiasis)
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Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi
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Lymphocytic choriomeningitis
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Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)
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Malaria
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Plasmodium genus
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Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF)
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Marburg virus
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Measles
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Measles virus
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Melioidosis (Whitmore's disease)
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Burkholderia pseudomallei
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Molluscum contagiosum (MC)
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Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV)
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Mumps
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Mumps virus
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Murine typhus (Endemic typhus)
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Rickettsia typhi
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Myiasis
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parasitic dipterous fly larvae
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Onchocerciasis (River blindness)
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Onchocerca volvulus
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Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
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multiple
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Pertussis (Whooping cough)
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Bordetella pertussis
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Plague
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Yersinia pestis
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Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
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Pneumocystis jirovecii
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Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM)
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usually Naegleria fowleri
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Rabies
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Rabies virus
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Rat-bite fever
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Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus
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Rift Valley fever (RVF)
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Rift Valley fever virus
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Rickettsial infection
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Rickettsia genus
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Rhinovirus infection
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Rhinovirus
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Respiratory syncytial virus infection
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
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Rhinosporidiosis
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Rhinosporidium seeberi
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SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
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SARS coronavirus
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Shigellosis (Bacillary dysentery)
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Shigella genus
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Smallpox (Variola)
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Variola major or Variola minor
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Syphilis
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Treponema pallidum
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Tetanus (Lockjaw)
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Clostridium tetani
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Tinea barbae (Barber's itch)
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usually Trichophyton genus
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Tinea capitis (Ringworm of the Scalp)
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usually Trichophyton tonsurans
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Tinea corporis (Ringworm of the Body)
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usually Trichophyton genus
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Tinea cruris (Jock itch)
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usually Epidermophyton floccosum, Trichophyton rubrum, and Trichophyton mentagrophytes
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Tinea manuum (Ringworm of the Hand)
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Trichophyton rubrum
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Tinea nigra
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usually Hortaea werneckii
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Tinea unguium (Onychomycosis)
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usually Trichophyton genus
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Tinea versicolor (Pityriasis versicolor)
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Malassezia genus
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Toxocariasis (Ocular Larva Migrans (OLM))
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Toxocara canis or Toxocara cati
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Toxocariasis (Visceral Larva Migrans (VLM))
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Toxocara canis or Toxocara cati
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Toxoplasmosis
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Toxoplasma gondii
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Trichinellosis
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Trichinella spiralis
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Trichomoniasis
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Trichomonas vaginalis
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Trichuriasis (Whipworm infection)
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Trichuris trichiura
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Tuberculosis
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usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Venezuelan equine encephalitis
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Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus
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Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever
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Guanarito virus
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Viral pneumonia
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multiple viruses
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White piedra (Tinea blanca)
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Trichosporon beigelii
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Yersiniosis
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Yersinia enterocolitica
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Yellow fever
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Yellow fever virus
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Zygomycosis
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Mucorales order (Mucormycosis) and Entomophthorales order (Entomophthoramycosis)
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