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A

• Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)
• Anaplasmosis
• Animal-borne (zoonotic) diseases
• Anthrax
• Antibiotic resistance & appropriate use of antibiotics
• Arboviral (mosquito-borne) illnesses

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B

• Babesiosis
• Bacillus cereus infection
• Bacterial meningitis (See Meningitis)
• Bacterial vaginosis
• Bed bugs, Safe control of
  • Don't lose your cool with bed bugs! (PDF, 1 MB)
  • Cuando se trata de chinches… No pierda la calma! (PDF, 1 MB)
  • North Carolina State University:
    • Bed Bugs – Biology and Control
    • Preparing Your Home for Bed Bug Treatment (PDF, 398 KB)
• Botulism
• Brucellosis

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C

• Campylobacter infection
• Candidiasis
• Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
• CA-MRSA (See Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
• Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
• CAUTI (Catheter-associated urinary tract infection)
• Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI)
• Cervicitis
• Chancroid
• Chlamydia
• Chlamydial conjunctivitis in infants (See Ophthalmia neonatorum)
• Cholera
• CLABSI (Central line-associated bloodstream infection)
• Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection
• Clostridium perfringens infection
• Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA)
• Coronavirus infections
• Crab lice (See Pthirus pubis)
• CRE (See Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae)
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
• Cryptosporidiosis
• Cyclosporiasis

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D

• DEET and other insect repellents, Safe use of
  • Recommendations for Schools
• Dengue
• Diphtheria
• Donovanosis (See Granuloma inguinale)
• Drug resistance (See Antibiotic resistance)

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E

• Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE)
• Ebola (see viral hemorrhagic fever)
• E. coli infection
• Ehrlichiosis
• Electronic health records, meaningful use
• Encephalitis
• Enteric illnesses, public health management of
• Enterococci, vancomycin-resistant (VRE)
• Enterovirus Infections

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F

• Flu (see Influenza)
• Food-borne illnesses and food poisoning

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G

• GAS (See Group A streptococcal disease)
• Genital herpes
• Genital warts (See Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection)
• German measles (See Rubella)
• Giardiasis
• Gonococcal conjunctivitis in infants (See Ophthalmia neonatorum)
• Gonorrhea
• Good health manners (See Keep illness from spreading)
• Granuloma inguinale (Donovanosis)
• Group A streptococcal (GAS) disease

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H

• Haemophilus influenza invasive disease (Hib)
• Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD)
• HA-MRSA (See Healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
• Handwashing (See Keep illness from spreading)
• Hantavirus
• Hansen's disease (Leprosy)
• Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)
• Heathcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA)
• Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
• Hemorrhagic fever, viral
• Hepatitis, viral
• Hepatitis A (HAV)
• Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Hepatitis C (HCV)
• Herpes, genital
• Histamine (scombroid) poisoning
• HIV infection
• Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection

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I

• Import/Export requirements for dogs, cats and ferrets
• Infectious disease prevention guidelines for everyone (See Keep illness from spreading)
• Infectious respiratory diseases
• Influenza (flu)
• Injection safety

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K

• Keep illness from spreading

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L

• La Crosse encephalitis (LAC)
• Legionnaire's disease (see Legionellosis)
• Legionellosis
  • Legionnaire's disease
  • Pontiac fever
• Leprosy (Hansen's disease)
• Leptospirosis
• Listeriosis
• Lyme disease
• Lymphogranuloma venereum

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M

• Malaria
• Meaningful use of electronic health records
• Measles (rubeola)
• Meningitis
  • Haemophilus influenza invasive (Hib)
  • Meningococcal
  • Pneumococcal
• Meningococcal disease (See Meningitis)
• MERS, MERS-CoV (See Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
• Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
• Monkeypox
• Mosquito bites, preventing
• Mosquito-borne illnesses
• Mosquito-control spraying, reducing exposure during
• MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
  • In community settings (CA-MRSA)
  • In healthcare settings (HA-MRSA)
• Mumps
• Mushrooms, toxic

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N

• Nongonococcal urethritis (See Urethritis)
• Non-streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (see Toxic shock syndrome)
• Norovirus infection
• Novel influenza virus infection (see Influenza)

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O

• One & Only Campaign (See Injection safety)
• One Needle, One Syringe, Only One Time (See Injection safety)
• Ophthalmia neonatorum
• Oral rabies vaccine (ORV) program for wildlife

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P

• PANS/PANDAS
• Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome
• Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections
• Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
• Pertussis (whooping cough)
• PID (Pelvic inflammatory disease)
• Plague (Yersinia pestis)
• Pneumococcal disease
  • Pneumococcal meningitis
• Pneumonia
• Polio (paralytic poliomyelitis)
• Pontiac fever (see Legionellosis)
• Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM)
• Prion diseases (See Creutzfeld-Jacob disease)
• Promoting interoperability of electronic health records
• Psittacosis
• Pthirus pubis
• Pubic lice (crabs) (See Pthirus pubis)

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Q

• Q fever

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R

• Rabies
• Recreational water illness
• Respiratory diseases, infectious
• Rickettsia bacteria, tick-borne
  • Rickettsia parkeri (See Tick-borne spotted fevers)
  • Rickettsia rickettsii (See Rocky Mountain spotted fever)
  • Rickettsia typhi (See Typhus)
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever
• Rubeola (measles)
• Rubella (German measles)

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S

• Safe injection practices
• Salmonella typhi (See Typhoid)
• Salmonellosis
• SARS, SARS-CoV (See Severe acute respiratory syndrome)
• Scombroid (histamine) poisoning
• Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
• Sexually transmitted diseases and infections (STDs/STIs)
• Shigellosis
• Smallpox
• Spotted fever group Rickettsia (SFGR)
• Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI)
• Staphylococcus aureus
  • Food poisoning from
  • Methicillin resistant (MRSA)
  • Non-streptococcal toxic shock syndrome
  • Vancomycin intermediate (VISA)
  • Vancomycin resistant (VRSA)
• Streptococcus
  • Streptococcal disease, group A (GAS)
  • Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome
• Surgical site infections (SSI)
• Syphilis

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T

• Tetanus
• Tick bites, preventing (See DEET and other insect repellents, Safe use of)
• Tick-borne illnesses
• Tick-borne spotted fevers
• Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
  • Non-streptococcal
  • Streptococcal
• Toxic mushrooms
• Trichinosis (trichinellosis)
• Trichomoniasis
• Tuberculosis
• Tularemia
• Typhoid (Salmonella typhi)
• Typhus

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U

• Urethritis
  • Nongonococcal (NGU)
  • Persistent NGU

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V

• Vaccine-preventable diseases
• Vaccinia
• Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE)
• Vancomycin-intermediateStaphylococcus aureus (VISA)
• Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA)
• Varicella (chicken pox) (See N.C. Immunization Branch )
• Vector-borne diseases
• Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
• Veterinary public health
• Vibrio infection
  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus
  • Vibrio vulnificus
• Viral hemorrhagic fever
• Viral hepatitis
• Viral meningitis (See Meningitis)
• VISA (See Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus)
• VRE (See Vancomycin-resistant enterococci)
• VRSA (See Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)

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W

• Water-borne illness
• West Nile virus (WNV)
• Whooping cough (pertussis)

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X-Y-Z

• Yeast infection (See Candidiasis)
• Yellow fever
• Yersinia pestis (plague)
• Zika virus
• Zoonotic (animal-borne) diseases

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