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Quick Facts: Infections
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Bacterial Infections: Overview
Overview of Bacteria
What are bacteria?
What is a bacterial infection?
Do all bacteria make you sick?
How do you get a bacterial infection?
How does your body defend itself against bacteria?
How do doctors know you have a bacterial infection?
How do doctors treat a bacterial infection?
What is antibiotic resistance?
How can I prevent bacterial infection?
Bacterial Infections: Anaerobic Bacteria
Clostridioides
(formerly
Clostridium
)
difficile
-Induced Colitis (
C. diff
)
What is
C. diff
?
What causes
C. diff
?
What are the symptoms of
C. diff
?
How can doctors tell if I have
C. diff
?
How do doctors treat
C. diff
?
Tetanus
What is tetanus?
What causes tetanus?
What are the symptoms of tetanus?
How can doctors tell if I have tetanus?
How do doctors treat tetanus?
How can I prevent tetanus?
COVID-19
COVID-19
What is COVID-19?
What causes COVID-19?
What is a coronavirus?
What are the symptoms of COVID-19?
Is COVID-19 fatal?
How can I tell if I have COVID-19?
How is COVID-19 treated?
How can I prevent COVID-19?
Quarantine and isolation
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Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Overview of Sexually Transmitted Infections
What are sexual transmitted infections (STIs)?
What causes STIs?
What are the symptoms of STIs?
How can doctors tell if I have an STI?
How can I prevent STIs?
Practice safe sex
Get vaccines (shots)
How do doctors treat STIs?
Chlamydia
What is chlamydia?
What are the symptoms of chlamydia?
Women
Men
Women and men
How can doctors tell if I have chlamydia?
How do doctors treat chlamydia?
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection
What is HPV (human papillomavirus)?
How do I get an HPV infection?
What are genital warts?
What are the symptoms of genital warts?
How can doctors tell if I have genital warts?
How do doctors treat genital warts?
How can I prevent genital warts?
Gonorrhea
What is gonorrhea?
What are the symptoms of gonorrhea?
Women
Men
Women and men
How can doctors tell if I have gonorrhea?
How do doctors treat gonorrhea?
Syphilis
What is syphilis?
What are the 3 stages of syphilis?
What are the symptoms of syphilis?
Symptoms of stage 1 (primary) syphilis
Symptoms of stage 2 (secondary) syphilis
Symptoms of stage 3 (tertiary or late) syphilis
How can doctors tell if I have syphilis?
How do doctors treat syphilis?
Trichomoniasis
What is trichomoniasis?
What causes trichomoniasis?
What are the symptoms of trichomoniasis?
Women
Men
How can doctors tell if I have trichomoniasis?
Women
Men
How do doctors treat trichomoniasis?
Immunization
Overview of Immunization
What does immunization mean?
What are vaccines?
Do vaccines work?
Are vaccines safe?
Who gets vaccines and when?
Where can I get more information about vaccines?
Herpesvirus Infections
Overview of Herpesvirus Infections
What are herpesviruses?
What infections do herpesviruses cause?
How do doctors treat herpesvirus infections?
Chickenpox
What is chickenpox?
What causes chickenpox?
What are the symptoms of chickenpox?
How do doctors tell if I have chickenpox?
How do doctors treat chickenpox?
How can I prevent chickenpox?
Herpes Simplex Virus Infections
What are herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections?
What causes HSV infection?
What are the symptoms of HSV infection?
Oral herpes
Genital herpes
Herpes in other areas
How can doctors tell if I have HSV infection?
How do doctors treat HSV infection?
How can I prevent spreading oral or genital herpes?
Infectious Mononucleosis (Mono)
What is infectious mononucleosis?
What causes mono?
What are the symptoms of mono?
How can doctors tell if I have mono?
How do doctors treat mono?
Postherpetic Neuralgia
What is postherpetic neuralgia?
What causes postherpetic neuralgia?
What are the symptoms of postherpetic neuralgia?
How can doctors tell if I have postherpetic neuralgia?
How do doctors treat postherpetic neuralgia?
How can I prevent postherpetic neuralgia?
Shingles
What is shingles?
What causes shingles?
What are the symptoms of shingles?
How can doctors tell if I have shingles?
How do doctors treat shingles?
How can I prevent shingles?
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection
What is the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)?
What is Late-Stage HIV?
What causes HIV infection?
What are the symptoms of HIV?
How can doctors tell if I have HIV?
How do doctors treat HIV?
How can I prevent HIV?
Where can I learn more about HIV?
Bacteremia, Sepsis, and Septic Shock
Sepsis and Septic Shock
What are sepsis and septic shock?
What causes sepsis?
What are the symptoms of sepsis and septic shock?
Sepsis
Septic shock
How can doctors tell if I have sepsis?
How do doctors treat sepsis?
Biology of Infectious Disease
Fever in Adults
What is a fever?
What causes fever in adults?
Fever of unknown origin
What are the symptoms of fever in adults?
When should I see a doctor about a fever?
How do doctors treat fever in adults?
Overview of Infectious Disease
What is an infection?
What are microorganisms?
Where do germs come from?
Do all germs make people sick?
How do people get infections?
How does my body defend against infections?
Who's at high risk of infection?
What are the symptoms of infection?
How do doctors tell if I have an infection?
How do doctors treat infection?
How can I prevent infections?
Arboviruses, Arenaviruses, and Filoviruses
Zika Virus Infection
What is Zika virus infection?
How do people get Zika virus infection?
What are the symptoms of Zika virus infection?
How does Zika affect babies?
How do doctors tell if I have Zika virus infection?
How do doctors treat Zika virus infection?
How can I prevent Zika virus infection?
Dengue Fever
What is dengue?
What causes dengue?
What are the symptoms of dengue?
What is dengue hemorrhagic fever?
How can doctors tell if I have dengue?
How do doctors treat dengue?
How can I prevent dengue?
Ebola Virus and Marburg Virus Infections
What are Ebola and Marburg virus infections?
What causes Ebola and Marburg virus infection?
What are the symptoms of Ebola and Marburg viruses?
How can doctors tell if I have Ebola or Marburg viruses?
How do doctors treat Ebola and Marburg viruses?
How can I prevent Ebola and Marburg virus infection?
Hantavirus Infection
What is hantavirus?
What causes hantavirus infection?
What are the symptoms of hantavirus?
How can doctors tell if I have hantavirus?
How do doctors treat hantavirus?
Hemorrhagic Fevers Overview
What are hemorrhagic fevers?
What causes hemorrhagic fevers?
What are the symptoms of hemorrhagic fevers?
Yellow Fever
What is yellow fever?
What causes yellow fever?
What are the symptoms of yellow fever?
How can doctors tell if I have yellow fever?
How do doctors treat yellow fever?
How can I prevent yellow fever?
Avoid mosquito bites
Get the vaccine if you're going to an area with yellow fever
Arbovirus: Rift Valley Fever
Rift Valley Fever
What do I need to know about Rift Valley fever?
How do people get Rift Valley fever?
How does Rift Valley fever affect people’s health?
How is Rift Valley fever treated?
How does Rift Valley fever affect animals' health?
Does Rift Valley fever cause a risk to food safety or supply?
How is a Rift Valley prevented in animals?
How can you protect yourself from Rift Valley fever?
Where can I learn more about Rift Valley fever?
Overview of Viral Infections
Overview of Viral Infections
What is a viral infection?
How can doctors tell if I have a viral infection?
How do doctors treat viral infections?
How can I prevent viral infections?
Tuberculosis and Leprosy
Tuberculosis (TB)
What is tuberculosis?
What are the stages of TB?
What causes TB?
Why does TB become active?
What are the symptoms of TB?
How do doctors tell if I have TB?
What are screening tests for TB?
How do doctors treat TB?
Active TB
Latent TB
What are resistant bacteria?
How do doctors prevent TB from spreading?
Is there a vaccine for TB?
Infections Caused by Bacteria Related to Tuberculosis (TB)
What is a MAC infection?
MAC infections of the lungs
MAC infections of the lymph nodes
MAC infection throughout the body
What other types of mycobacteria infection do people get?
Leprosy
What is leprosy?
What causes leprosy?
What are the symptoms of leprosy?
How do doctors tell if I have leprosy?
How do doctors treat leprosy?
How can I prevent leprosy?
Parasitic Infections: Extraintestinal Protozoa
Malaria
What is malaria?
What causes malaria?
What are the symptoms of malaria?
How can doctors tell if I have malaria?
How do doctors treat malaria?
How can I prevent malaria?
Parasitic Infections: Cestodes (Tapeworms)
Tapeworm Infection
What are tapeworms?
What causes tapeworm infection?
What kinds of animals can give me tapeworms?
What are the symptoms of tapeworm infection?
How do doctors tell I have tapeworm infection?
How do doctors treat tapeworm infection?
How can I prevent tapeworm infection?
Parasitic Infections: Intestinal Protozoa and Microsporidia
Giardiasis
What is giardiasis?
What causes giardiasis?
What are the symptoms of giardiasis?
How can doctors tell if I have giardiasis?
How do doctors treat giardiasis?
How can I prevent giardiasis?
Parasitic Infections: Nematodes (Roundworms)
Pinworm Infection
What is pinworm infection?
What causes pinworm infection?
What are the symptoms of pinworm infection?
How can doctors tell if I have pinworm infection?
How do doctors treat pinworm infection?
Parasitic Infections: New World Screwworm
New World Screwworm
What do I need to know about New World screwworm?
What is the New World screwworm?
Where does the New World screwworm live?
How does New World screwworm affect people’s health?
How does New World screwworm affect animals' health?
How is New World screwworm infestation detected?
Does New World screwworm cause a risk to food safety or supply?
How is a New World screwworm outbreak controlled?
How can you protect yourself and your animals from New World screwworm?
Where can I learn more about New World screwworm?
Parasitic Infections: Trematodes (Flukes)
Schistosomiasis
What is schistosomiasis?
What causes schistosomiasis?
What are the symptoms of schistosomiasis?
How can doctors tell if I have schistosomiasis?
How do doctors treat schistosomiasis?
How can I prevent schistosomiasis?
Bacterial Infections: Gram-Negative Bacteria
Escherichia coli
(
E. coli
) Infections
What is
E. coli
?
What causes
E. coli
infections?
E. coli
O157:H7
What are the symptoms of
E. coli
infections?
How can doctors tell if I have an
E. coli
infection?
How do doctors treat
E. coli
infections?
How can I prevent
E. coli
infections?
Bacterial Infections: Spirochetes
Lyme Disease
What is Lyme disease?
What causes Lyme disease?
What are the symptoms of Lyme disease?
How can doctors tell if I have Lyme disease?
How do doctors treat Lyme disease?
How can I prevent Lyme disease?
Bacterial Infections: Gram-Positive Bacteria
Staphylococcus aureus
Infections
What is
Staphylococcus aureus
?
What is MRSA?
What causes staph infections?
What are staph carriers?
What are the symptoms of staph infections?
How can doctors tell if I have a staph infection?
How do doctors treat staph infections?
How can I prevent staph infections?
Streptococcal Infections
What are streptococcal (strep) infections?
What causes strep infections?
What are the symptoms of strep infections?
What are the complications of strep infections?
How can doctors tell if I have a strep infection?
How do doctors treat strep infections?
Respiratory Viruses
Common Cold
What is the common cold?
What causes a cold?
What are the symptoms of a cold?
How can doctors tell if I have a cold?
How are colds treated?
How can I prevent colds?
Influenza (Flu)
What is influenza?
What causes influenza?
What are the symptoms of flu?
How can doctors tell if I have the flu?
How do doctors treat the flu?
How can I prevent the flu?
Enteroviruses
Polio
What is polio?
What causes polio?
What are the symptoms of polio?
How can doctors tell if I have polio?
How do doctors treat polio?
How can I prevent polio?
Fungal Infections
Candidiasis
What is candidiasis?
What causes candidiasis?
What are the symptoms of candidiasis?
How can doctors tell if I have candidiasis?
How do doctors treat candidiasis?
Pox Viruses
Mpox (Monkeypox)
What is mpox?
What are the symptoms of mpox?
How can doctors tell if I have mpox?
How do doctors treat mpox?
How can I prevent mpox?
