Communicable Diseases List | Complete List

Introduction

Communicable diseases are illnesses caused by viruses or bacteria that spread from person to person via contact with contaminated surfaces, bodily fluids, blood products, insect bites, or through the air. In this article, we will provide a complete communicable diseases list.

There are lots of examples of communicable diseases, some of which necessitate reporting to appropriate health departments or government agencies in the locality of the outbreak.

Communicable Diseases List

a. Diseases Preventable by Vaccination

Diphtheria.
Infections with haemophiles influenza group B.
Influenza.
Measles.
Mumps.
Pertussis.
Poliomyelitis.
Rubella.

b. Sexually transmitted diseases

Chlamydia infections.
Gonococcal infections.
HIV-infection.
Syphilis.
2.3 Viral hepatitis.
Hepatitis A.
Hepatitis B.
Hepatitis C.

c. Food- and Water-borne Diseases and Diseases of Environmental Origin

Botulism.
Campylobacteriosis.
Cryptosporidiosis.
Giardiasis.
Infection with Enterohaemorrhagic E.coli.
Leptospirosis.
Listeriosis.
Salmonellosis.
Shigellosis.
Toxoplasmosis.
Trichinosis.
Yersinosis.

d. Other Diseases

Diseases transmitted by non-conventional agents

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies variant (CJD).

Air-borne Diseases

Legionellosis.
Meningococcal disease.
Pneumococcal infections.
Tuberculosis.

Zoonoses (other than in c)

Brucellosis.
Echinococcosis.
Rabies.

Serious Imported Diseases

Cholera.
Malaria.
Plague.
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers.

Special Health Issues

Nosocomial infections.
Antimicrobial resistance.

References

Edemekong, P. F., & Huang, B. (2019, August 10). Epidemiology Of Prevention Of Communicable Diseases. Nih.gov; StatPearls Publishing. From PubMed

Annex1 1. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND SPECIAL HEALTH ISSUES TO BE PROGRESSIVELY COVERED BY THE COMMUNITY NETWORK. From European Commission

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