Communicable Disease Fact Sheets
(June 1999)

The following fact sheets provide the latest information about communicable diseases compiled by the Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Communicable Disease Epidemiology Section.

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Amebiasis   
Anthrax  
Arboviral Infections  
Atypical Mycobacteria 
Babesiosis  
Baylisascaris procyonis 
Blastomycosis  
Botulism, Foodborne 
Botulism, Infant  
Brucellosis  
Campylobacteriosis 
Chickenpox  
Chlamydia  
Cholera  
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 
Clostridium difficile
Cryptosporidiosis  
Cyclosporiasis 
Cytomegalovirus 
Dengue Fever  
E. coli 0157:H7 Infections  
Ehrlichiosis  
Fifth Disease  
Giardiasis  
Gonorrhea  
Haemophilus Influenza Type B  
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease  
Handwashing 
Hantavirus  
Hepatitis A  
Hepatitis B  
Hepatitis C 
Hepatitis D  
Histoplasmosis 
Hookworm Infection  
Impetigo  
Infectious Mononucleosis  
Influenza  
Kawasaki Syndrome  
Legionellosis  
Leprosy  
Leptospirosis  
Listeriosis 
Lyme Disease  
Malaria  
Meningococcal Meningitis 
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) 
Norwalk Virus 
Pediculosis (body)  
Pediculosis (head)  
Perinatal Group B Streptococcus  
Psittacosis  
Rabies  
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)  
Ringworm  
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever  
Rotavirus Infection  
Salmonellosis  
Scabies  
Shigellosis  
Shingles  
Streptococcal Pharyngitis (Strep throat)  
Swimmer’s Itch  
Syphilis  
Toxoplasmosis  
Trichinosis  
Tuberculosis  
Tularemia  
Typhoid fever (Salmonella Typhi)  
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers  
Viral Meningitis  
Yersiniosis