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Infection
13 conditions
Mononucleosis
Infectious mononucleosis, commonly called mono, is caused by the Epstein Barr virus EBV in approximately 90 percent of c...
Lyme Disease Symptoms
Lyme disease symptoms begin 3 to 30 days after a tick bite with erythema migrans, a characteristic expanding rash at the...
Sepsis
Sepsis is a life threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. It affects approxima...
Chickenpox
Chickenpox varicella is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella zoster virus VZV. Before routine vaccination...
Measles
Measles rubeola is one of the most contagious human diseases, with an R0 of 12 to 18. Before vaccination, measles infect...
Mumps
Mumps is a viral disease caused by the mumps virus, historically a common childhood illness. The hallmark is parotitis s...
Rubella
Rubella, also called German measles, is caused by the rubella virus. It is generally a mild disease in children, with a ...
Dengue Fever
Dengue fever, transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, is the most rapidly spreading mosquito borne...
Malaria
Malaria is a parasitic disease caused by Plasmodium parasites transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes. WHO estimated about 2...
Tuberculosis Symptoms
Tuberculosis TB is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Approximately one quarter of the global population has latent T...
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is caused by the hepatitis C virus HCV, identified in 1989. WHO estimated that about 50 million people were ...
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B is caused by the hepatitis B virus HBV, discovered by Baruch Blumberg in 1965 Nobel Prize 1976. WHO estimate...
HIV Symptoms
HIV human immunodeficiency virus infection progresses through distinct stages. Acute HIV infection seroconversion illnes...