Infectious Diseases
Any organ or body system can be involved in infection (some infections are under the particular organ system in other parts of this Chapter).
Notifiable Diseases:
In most countries the diagnosis of certain infectious diseases are notifiable to relevant authorities for surveillance purposes.
In the UK the diseases that are notifiable are – anthrax; cholera; diptheria; dysentery; Ebola; Encephalitis; food poisoning; leprosy; leptospirosis; malaria; measles; meningitis; meningococcal sepsis; mumps; ophthalmia neonatorum; plague; poliomyelitis; rabies; relapsing fever; rubella; scarlet fever; tetanus; tuberculosis; typhus; viral haemorrhagic fevers; viral hepatitis; whooping cough; yellow fever.
The reporting of AIDS infection in the UK is voluntary.
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Sub Topics:
- Chills
- Fever
- Food Poisoning/Infective Gastroenteritis
- Fungal Infections
- Infections due to Arthropods
- Infections due to Helminths
- Infections due to Rickettsiae
- Infections due to Spirochaetes
- Other Bacterial Infections
- Parasitic Infections
- Protozoa Infections
- Septicaemia
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Tuberculosis
- Viral Haemorrhagic Fever
- Viral Infections
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