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| 12551392417 | communicable disease | A disease that can be spread from one person or species to another. | 0 | |
| 12551367794 | noncommunicable disease | a disease that is non-infectious and non-transmissable among people | 1 | |
| 12551397259 | cancer, diabetes, heart disease | examples of noncommunicable diseases | 2 | |
| 12551409081 | noncommunicable | type of diseases that are responsible for the majority of deaths worldwide | 3 | |
| 12551424345 | communicable | type of diseases that are responsible for the majority of deaths in low-income countries | 4 | |
| 12551583004 | bovine spongiform encephalophathy | caused by a prion; spread by feeding infected meat and bone meal to calves; causes incoordination and nervous or violent behavior | 5 | |
| 12551583005 | ascariasis | intestinal roundworm that is spread through soil contaminated with fecal mater | 6 | |
| 12551587173 | Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis) | parasitic worm spread by mosquitoes that may cause severe and disfiguring swelling in the arms, legs, breasts, or genitals | 7 | |
| 12551587174 | Onchocerciasis (river blindness) | parasitic worm spread by Simulium black flies; world's 4th leading cause of preventable blindness | 8 | |
| 12551590974 | trachoma | infectious bacterial disease of the eye transmitted by contact with eye discharge; world's leading cause of preventable blindness | 9 | |
| 12551590975 | trichuriasis | parasitic whipworms that are spread through soil contaminated with waste that infect the large intestine | 10 | |
| 12551594613 | influenza | variety of viruses spread by respiratory droplets or touching contaminated surfaces; causes fever, chills, cough, sore throat, runny nose, aches, fatigue; may be prevented or symptoms made less severe by vaccine | 11 | |
| 12551598651 | severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) | virus spread by contact with respiratory droplets; causes fever, headache, aches, and pneumonia; 2003 outbreak caused great concern of the possibility of a global pandemic | 12 | |
| 12551598652 | West Nile virus | virus spread by the bites of infected mosquitoes and usually cycles between mosquitoes and horses; may cause serious neurologic illness in rare cases | 13 | |
| 12551601929 | Dengue Fever | virus spread by mosquitoes; causes high fever, pain, nausea, vomiting, swollen glands, and rash | 14 | |
| 12551604413 | ebola | type of hemorrhagic virus spread through contact with infect human body fluids and bites or body fluids from infected animals; causes fever, diarrhea, vomiting, unexplained bleeding or bruising | 15 | |
| 12551604414 | HIV | virus spread by sexual contact and infected body fluids; causes fever, headache, rash, weight loss, severe secondary illnesses; occurs around the world but is a major problem in sub-Saharan Africa | 16 | |
| 12551607923 | Measles | virus spread by contact with infected nasal or throat secretions; causes high fever, runny nose, cough, white spots inside cheeks, and rash; caused 2.6 million deaths per year before vaccine but still a leading cause of death among young children | 17 | |
| 12551607924 | hepatitis A | caused by a virus; spread by fecal-oral contamination; causes liver problems | 18 | |
| 12551615296 | hepatitis B | virus spread by sexual contact or contact with infected body fluids; causes jaundice, fatigue, nausea, liver failure; virus can survive outside the body for at least 7 days | 19 | |
| 12551615297 | plague | bacteria spread by bites of infected fleas, direct contact with infected animal tissues, or close contact inhalation or respiratory droplets; causes headache, chills, swollen and tender lymph nodes; one outbreak is estimated to have killed over 50% of the population of Europe | 20 | |
| 12551615298 | tuberculosis | bacteria spread through the air from person to person; causes cough with blood, chest pains, weakness, weight loss, fever; second largest infectious killer of adults worldwide; leading killer of HIV positive people | 21 | |
| 12551618188 | cholera | bacteria that causes profuse, watery diarrhea and dehydration; spread by fecal-oral contamination; outbreaks frequently follow disasters in developing countries | 22 | |
| 12551618189 | salmonella | bacteria that causes abdominal cramps and diarrhea and spread by contaminated food or water or by not washing after touching infected animals; 1 million cases of foodborne illness in the US each year | 23 | |
| 12551618190 | shigella | group of bacteria that that cause fever, diarrhea, and tenesmus; spread by consuming food or water contaminated with human waste | 24 | |
| 12551753317 | malaria | parasite carried by mosquitoes that causes fever, headache, chills, vomiting, anemia, and respiratory distress; infects 300-600 million people per year and kills over a million each year | 25 | |
| 12551753318 | cryptosporidium | a parasite that is spread by consuming food or water contaminated with human waste; causes watery diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, fever | 26 | |
| 12551757876 | schistosomiasis (snail fever) | a parasitic worm spread by contact with freshwater contaminated with human feces and inhabited by snails that carry the parasite; causes inflammation of the intestine, liver or bladder | 27 | |
| 12551877314 | dysentery | caused by a bacteria or amoeba and spread by fecal-oral contamination; caused diarrhea with blood and mucus, high fever, anemia | 28 | |
| 12551877315 | typhoid fever | bacterial infection spread by fecal-oral contamination; cases high fever, headache, rash of flat, rose-colored spots | 29 | |
| 12551880524 | yellow fever | virus spread by mosquito bites; causes fever, pain, nausea, vomiting, jaundice, and bleeding; caused major problems during the building of the Panama Canal | 30 | |
| 12551880525 | bacterial meningitis | bacteria spread through close exchange of respiratory and throat secretions; causes sudden onset of fever, headache, stiff neck, nausea, vomiting, light sensitivity, altered mental status; infections are usually severe; outbreaks may happen on college campuses | 31 | |
| 12551882412 | polio | virus spread through fecal-oral contamination and can be prevented through vaccination; causes fever, fatigue, pain in limbs, and paralysis | 32 | |
| 12551889721 | Japanese encephalitis | virus spread by mosquitoes that causes fever, headache, vomiting, and neurologic symptoms; occurs in Asia | 33 | |
| 12551889722 | Naegleria fowleri | brain-eating amoeba that enters the body through the nose when people swim in contaminated freshwater lakes and rivers; causes headache, fever, nausea, confusion, hallucinations; low infection rate but 97% mortality rate | 34 | |
| 12551891622 | African trypanosomiasis | a protozoan parasite spread by bites of tsetse flies; causes confusion, behavioral changes, disturbance in sleep cycle | 35 | |
| 12551894371 | zika | emerging virus spread by mosquitoes, sexual contact, and passed from woman to fetus; causes flu-like symptoms in adults and birth defects such as microcephaly in babies | 36 | |
| 12551894372 | emerging disease | a disease that was previously unknown or has recently begun spreading to a new region | 37 | |
| 12551902684 | historical disease | a disease that has been known for a long time | 38 |
