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  • Impetigo
    Category: infectious_diseases

    Impetigo is a common skin infection caused by streptococcal or staphylococcal bacteria.

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  • Influenza
    Category: infectious_diseases

    A contagious disease caused by a group of respiratory viruses called influenza viruses

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  • Know the Facts About HIV and AIDS
    Category: common_illnesses_and_conditions

    HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that can lead to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). While there is no cure for HIV, early diagnosis and treatment are very effective at keeping people healthy. In addition, there are things you can do to prevent getting HIV. Read on to learn more

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  • Lice (Pediculosis Capitis)
    Category: infectious_diseases

    Yes, at the end of the program or school day.

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  • Lyme Disease (and Other Tick-borne Diseases)
    Category: infectious_diseases

    An infection caused by a type of bacteria, known as spirochetes, that is transmitted when particular types of ticks attach to a person’s skin and feed on that person’s blood. These ticks are very small, only a few millimeters (about the size of a freckle); the ticks that transit Lyme disease are

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  • MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
    Category: infectious_diseases

    Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of bacteria that primarily causes skin infections, although these bacteria can cause pneumonia, bone, joint, and blood infections less commonly.

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  • Managing Infectious Diseases—Clostridium difficile (Also Called “C diff”)
    Category: infectious_diseases

    A spore- and toxin-forming bacteria that causes diarrhea

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  • Managing Infectious Diseases—Norovirus
    Category: infectious_diseases

    A virus that causes diarrhea and vomiting. A leading cause of diarrhea in the United States.

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  • Measles
    Category: infectious_diseases

    Yes.

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  • Meningitis
    Category: infectious_diseases

    An infectious disease causing swelling or inflammation of the tissue covering the spinal cord and brain.

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  • Molluscum Contagiosum
    Category: infectious_diseases

    A skin disease caused by a virus, somewhat similar to warts

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  • Mononucleosis
    Category: infectious_diseases

    A disease caused by the Epstein-Barr virus; the illness is commonly known as mono.

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  • Mosquito-borne Diseases
    Category: infectious_diseases

    Through the bite of an infected mosquito. West Nile disease may also be spread by blood transfusion and organ donation.

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  • Mouth Sores
    Category: infectious_diseases

    Herpes simplex virus, canker sores, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, and thrush

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  • Mumps
    Category: infectious_diseases

    A viral illness with swelling of one or more of the salivary glands

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  • Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis)
    Category: infectious_diseases

    Inflammation (ie, redness, swelling) of the thin tissue covering the white part of the eye and the inside of the eyelids

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