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Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences

Department of Public Health

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Fact Sheets on Infectious Diseases

Infectious diseases A-Z

Access fact sheets for infectious diseases A-Z

A

Anaplasmosis (HGA)
Anthrax

B

C

Campylobacter
Chickenpox
Chikungunya
Chlamydia
- CDC Chlamydia Fact Sheet (English)
- CDC Chlamydia Fact Sheet (Spanish)
Cholera
Clostridium difficile
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclospora

D

Diseases Spread by Mosquitoes: Information for Travelers

E

F

Fifth Disease

G

Giardia
Gonorrhea
- CDC Gonorrhea Fact Sheet (English)
- CDC Gonorrhea Fact Sheet (Spanish)
Group A Streptococcal Disease

H

Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib)
Hantavirus
Head Lice (Pediculosis)
Hepatitis
Herpes
- CDC Herpes Fact Sheet (English)
- CDC Herpes Fact Sheet (Spanish)
HIV/AIDS
- CDC HIV/AIDS and STDs Fact Sheet (English)
- CDC HIV/AIDS and STDs Fact Sheet (Spanish)
Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) - see Anaplasmosis (HGA)
Human Papillomavirus
- CDC HPV Fact Sheet (English)
- CDC HPV Fact Sheet (Spanish)

I

L

Legionellosis (Legionnaires’ Disease)
Leptospirosis
Listeria (Listeriosis)
Lyme Disease

M

Measles
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Meningitis
Meningococcal Disease
Meningococcal Disease and College Students
Mosquito Repellents
Mosquito Control and Spraying
Mumps

N

Noroviruses (Norwalk-like Viruses)

P

Pertussis
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- CDC Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Fact Sheet (English)
- CDC Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Fact Sheet (Spanish)
Plague
Pneumococcal Disease
Polio
Powassan virus
Psittacosis in Birds and People

R

S

Salmonella
Salmonellosis from Pet Reptiles and Amphibians
Scabies
Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia coli
Shigella
Smallpox
Strep - see Group A Streptococcal Disease
Syphilis
- CDC Syphilis Fact Sheet (English)
- CDC Syphilis Fact Sheet (Spanish)

T

Tick Repellents
Trichomoniasis
- CDC Trichomoniasis Fact Sheet (English)
- CDC Trichomoniasis Fact Sheet (Spanish)
Tuberculosis
Tularemia

V

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

W

West Nile Virus

Z

Zika Virus

Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences

Address

State Public Health Laboratory

305 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

directions

Phone

Infectious Disease Division (617) 983-6550

Urgent calls and infectious disease reporting (617) 983–6800

Laboratory Sciences Division (617) 983–6201

Fax

Infectious Disease Division (617) 983–6925

Laboratory Sciences Division (617) 983–6210