Also known as The Black Death, the plague is 1 of the oldest identifiable diseases known to humans NamePlague aka The Black Death Transmission GeographyWorldwide (the bacteria can be found all over the world, especially in the tropics/subtropics and warmer…
The Zika virus has made so many headlines in the last year. Find out why: NameZika virus Transmission GeographyWorldwide Incubation PeriodNot determined, but probably a few days Signs and SymptomsMany infected people infected do not have symptoms and if they…
There are so many myths about leprosy. Does it cause your body parts to fall off? Does it make you blind? Learn the facts below NameLeprosy, now known as Hansen’s disease (named after G. A. Hansen who discovered it in…
80% of people with this virus don’t have any symptoms NameWest Nile Virus aka WNV (name comes from the West Nile district of Uganda where it was discovered in 1937) Transmission GeographyAfrica, Europe, the Middle East, North America and West…
You can get this illness from the food you eat and the water you drink NameTyphoid fever Transmission GeographyWorldwide Incubation Period6 – 30 days after infection Signs and Symptoms DiagnosisLaboratory testing of blood or feces samples to identify the bacteria…
A swine flu pandemic in 2009 killed more than 284,000 people worldwide NameSwine flu (swine influenza) Transmission GeographyWorldwide Incubation Period4 – 6 days after infection Signs and Symptoms Symptoms are very similar to the symptoms of a normal human flu…