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Infectious Diseases A - Z

Learn about the symptoms, causes, and treatment of common illnesses and conditions.

 

Boston health care providers and clinical laboratories are required to report all suspected or diagnosed cases of communicable diseases to the Boston Public Health Commission.

Required Diseases Reporting

A - Z List of Diseases

A - z List of Diseases and conditions

AIDS

Amebiasis

Anaplasmosis

Anthrax

Antibiotic Resistance

Avian Influenza

Bats and Rabies

Babesiosis

Botulism

Brucellosis

Campylobacter

Cat Scratch Disease

Chickenpox

Chikungunya

Chlamydia

Cholera

Clostridium perfringens

Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)

COVID-19

Crusted Scabies

Cryptosporidiosis

Cyclospora

Dengue Fever

Diarrheal Illness in Children

Diptheria

Ebola virus disease

E. Coli

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)

Enteric Diseases and Sexual Health​

Fever in Children 

Fifth Disease

Flu (Seasonal)

Food Poisoning

Food Safety & Power Outage

Genital Herpes

Genital Warts

Giardia

Gonorrhea

Group A Streptococcus

Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease

Handwashing

Hantavirus

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis C

Hib Disease

Histoplasmosis

HIV

HPV (Human Papillomavirus)

Impetigo

Influenza (Flu)

Legionellosis

Leptospirosis

Lice, Head

Lice, Pubic

Listeriosis

Lyme Diseases

Malaria

Measles

Meningitis

Meningococcal disease

MERS (Middle East Respiratory Illness)

Mpox

Mononucleosis

Mosquito-borne Illness

MRSA

Mumps

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Norovirus

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

PEP

Pertussis

Pink eye

Plague

Pneumococcal Disease

PrEP

Psittacosis

Q Fever

Rabies

Raccoon Roundworm

Rat Bite Fever

Recreational Water Illnesses

Reye’s Syndrome

Rickettsialpox

Ringworm

Rubella (German measles)

Salmonella

Scabies

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)​

Shigella

Shingles

Stray Cats

Strep Throat

Syphilis

Tetanus

Tickborne Diseases

Toxoplasmosis

Trichomoniasis

Tuberculosis

Tularemia

Vibriosis

West Nile Virus

Whooping Cough

Yersiniosis

Zika Virus

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