Types of Infectious Diseases

There are many different types of infectious diseases that require clinical care by a physician or other health care professional. Listed below are some, for which we have provided overviews:

• AIDS/HIV
• Adenovirus infections
• Chickenpox
• Diphtheria
• Fifth disease
• Flu (see influenza)
• German measles (see Rubella)
• Haemophilus influenzae infections
• Hand-foot-mouth disease
• Hepatitis
• Herpes simplex virus/cold sores
• Herpes zoster (shingles)
• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
• Human parainfluenza viruses (HPIV)
• Impetigo
• Infectious mononucleosis
• Influenza
• Lyme disease
• Measles (see rubeola)
• Meningitis
• Meningococcal infections
• Mumps
• Pertussis (see whooping cough)
• Poliomyelitis (polio)
• Rabies
• Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
• Rocky mountain spotted fever
• Roseola
• Rotavirus infections
• Rubella (German measles)
• Rubeola (measles)
• Scarlet fever
• Sexually transmitted diseases
• Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
• STDs (see sexually transmitted diseases)
• (TB) (see tuberculosis)
• Tetanus
• Toxic shock syndrome
• Tuberculosis (TB)
• Veneral diseases (see sexually transmitted diseases)
• West Nile virus
• Whooping cough (pertussis)

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