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|ABCDEFGHIJ K LMNOPQRSTUVW    X YZ |- Acanthamoeba InfectionAcute Care
Adenoviruses
Adolescents
African Sleeping Sickness
 (Trypanosomiasis)
AIDS/HIV
Air Pollution
Airbags
Alveolar Hydatid Disease (AHD)
 (Echinococcosis)
Amebiasis
 (
Entamoeba histolytica 
Infection)
American dog tick
 (Rocky Mountain spotted fever)
American Trypanosomiasis
 (Chagas Disease)
Ancylostoma Infection
 (Hookworm)
Anencephaly
 (Neural Tube Birth Defect)
Angiostrongylus Infection
Anisakiasis Infection
Anthrax 
Antimicrobial Resistance
Arboviral Encephalitides
Arenaviruses
Arthritis
Ascariasis (Intestinal Roundworms)
Aspergillosis
Assisted Reproductive Technology
Asthma
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Autism
*Babesia* Infection
Baby Bottle Tooth Decay
Back Belts
Bacterial Diseases
*Balantidium*
 Infection
Baseball and Softball
 (SAFEusa)
Basketball
 (SAFEusa)
*Baylisascaris*
 Infection
Behavioral Risk Factors
Bicycle Helmets
Bicycle-Related Head Injuries
Bikes
 (SAFEusa)
Bilharzia
 (Schistosomiasis)
Biological Agents
Biosafety
Bioterrorism
Birth Defects
*Blastocystis hominis* Infection
Blastomycosis
Blindness
Botulism
 (Clostridium botulinum) 
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)        and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
Brain Injury
Brainerd Diarrhea
Brucellosis
Campylobacter 
Cancer
Candidiasis
*Capillaria* Infection
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Cardiovascular Disease
Cerebral palsy
Chagas Disease
 (American Trypanosomiasis)
Chemical Weapons
        (Demilitarization)
Chickenpox
 (Varicella)
Child Abuse
Child Development
Child Health
Child Passenger Safety
 (SAFEusa)
Child Safety Seats
*Chilomastix mesnili* Infection
         (Nonpathogenic Intestinal Amebae)
Chlamydia
 (STD)
*Chlamydia pneumoniae*
Choking
 (SAFEusa)
Cholera
 (Vibrio cholerae)
Chronic Diarrhea
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
CLM
 (Cutaneous Larva Migrans)
Clonorchiasis
Coccidioidomycosis
Cold Sores
Communication Limitations
Community
 (SAFEusa)
*Coxiella burnetii*
 (Q fever)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
 (CJD)
Cruise Ships
Cryptococcosis
Cryptosporidiosis
 (crypto)
*Culex* mosquito
 (vector of West Nile virus)
*Cyclospora* Infection
Cysticercosis
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Dating Violence
Deafness
Delusional Parasitosis
Dengue/Dengue Fever 
Developmental Disabilities
Diabetes
Diarrhea
*Dientamoeba fragilis* Infection
Diphtheria
*Diphyllobothrium* Infection
*Dipylidium* Infection
Disabilities
Disability and Health
Dog Bites
Dogs
 (SAFEusa)
Domestic Violence
Dracunculiasis
 (Guinea Worm Disease) 
Drowning
Drug Service
Drunk Driving
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
Earthquake
Eastern Equine Encephalitis
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
Echinococcosis
 (Alveolar Hydatid Disease)
E.coli
Ectopic Pregnancy
Ehrlichia Infection (Ehrlichiosis)
Elderly Injuries
Elephantiasis
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Encephalitis, Mosquito-Transmitted
*Endolimax nana* Infection
 (Nonpathogenic        Intestinal Amebae)
*Entamoeba coli* Infection
 (Nonpathogenic        Intestinal Amebae)
*Entamoeba dispar* Infection
 (Nonpathogenic        Intestinal Amebae)
*Entamoeba hartmanni* Infection
        (Nonpathogenic Intestinal Amebae)
*Entamoeba histolytica* Infection
        (Amebiasis)
*Entamoeba polecki* Infection
 (Nonpathogenic        Intestinal Amebae)
*Enterobiasis*
 (Pinworm Infection) 
Enterovirus Infection (Non-Polio)
Environmental Health
Epilepsy
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
Ergonomics
*Escherichia coli* O157:H7
        (E.coli)
Extreme Cold
Extreme Heat
Falls Among Children
 (SAFEusa)
Falls and Hip Fractures
*Fasciola* Infection
*Fasciolopsis* Infection
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Fifth Disease
Filariasis
 (Bancroftian filariasis)
Fire
 (SAFEusa)
Firearm-Related Injuries
Floods
Flu
Folic Acid -- Healthy        Babies
Food Safety
Foodborne Illnesses
Football
 (SAFEusa)
Gastroenteritis (Viral)
Genetics
Genetics of Congenital Hearing Impairment
Genital Herpes
Giardiasis
Glanders
 (
Burkholderia mallei
)
Gnathostomiasis
Gonorrhea
 (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
Group A streptococcal        Disease
Group B streptococcal Disease
Guinea Worm Disease
 (Dracunculiasis)
Gymnastics
 (SAFEusa)
Halloween
 (SAFEusa)
Haemophilus influenzae (Hib)
Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease
 (coxsackievirus A16)
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
Hard of hearing
Head Injury
Head Lice Infestation
 (Pediculosis)
Health Alert Network
Health and Safety Manuals
Hearing impairment
Hearing loss in infants
Hearing screening
Heart Disease
*Helicobacter pylori*
 (Peptic Ulcer Disease)
Hepatitis
Heterophyes Infection
Histoplasmosis
 (Fungal        Disease)
HIV/AIDS
Holiday Blues
 (SAFEusa)
Holiday Safety
 (SAFEusa)
Home
 (SAFEusa)
Hookworm Infection
Hospital Infections
Human Parainfluenza Viruses
Hurricanes
*Hymenolepsis* Infection
Hysterectomy
Ice Hockey
 (SAFEusa)
Immunization
Infants
Infectious Diseases
Infertility
Influenza
 (Flu)
Injuries
Intestinal Roundworms
 (Ascariasis)
Intimate Partner Violence
*Iodamoeba buetschlii* Infection
        (Nonpathogenic Intestinal Amebae)
*Iospora* Infection
Japanese Encephalitis
Jet injectors
LaCrosse Encephalitis
Lassa Fever
LCM, LCMV (Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis, Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus)
Lead Poisoning
Leading Causes of Death
Learning limitations
Legacy for children
Legionellosis
Leishmaniasis
Leprosy
Leptospirosis
Lice
 (Body Lice, Head Lice, Pubic Lice)
Limb Loss
Listeriosis
Loa loa Infection
Low Vision
Lyme Disease
Lymphatic Filariasis
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis (LCM)
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV)
Malaria
Mammograms
Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever
Maternal Health
Measles
Meloiodosis
 (
Burkholderia pseudomallei
)
Meningitis 
Bacterial
Viral (Aseptic)

Meningococcal Disease
Mental retardation
Microsporidiosis
Mobility limitations
Mononucleosis
Motorcycles
 (SAFEusa)
Motor Vehicle-Related Injuries
Move
 (SAFEusa)
Mumps
*Mycobacterium avium*        Complex (MAC)
*Naegleria* Infection
Needle-free Injection Technology
Neurocysticercosis
Newborn hearing screening
Newborn Screening
Nocardiosis
Nonpathogenic Intestinal Amebae Infection
Nutrition
Obesity/Overweight
Occupational Health 
Onchocerciasis 
(River Blindness)
*Opisthorcis* Infection
Oral Health
Otitis Media
*Paragonimus* Infection
Parasites
Parenting research
Parvovirus-B19 (Fifth's Disease)
Parvovirus-B19 and Pregnancy
Pediculosis
 (Head Lice Infestation)
Peptic Ulcer
 (Helicobacter pylori) 
Personal care/Home management limitations
Pertussis
Physical Activity and Health
Pinworm Infection
 (Enterobiais vermicularis)
Plague
Playground
 (SAFEusa)
Playground Injuries
*Pneumocystis carinii*
 (Pneumocystis Pneumonia)
Poisoning
 (SAFEusa)
Polio Vaccines
Pregnancy
Preventing Falls Among Older Adults
 (SAFEusa)
Psittacosis
Q fever
Rabies 
Raccoon Roundworm Infection
 (
Baylisascaris
 Infection)
Recreational Waters
Rehabilitation
Reproductive Health
Respiratory Syncytial Virus
*Rickettsia rickettsii*
 (Rocky Mountain spotted fever)
Rift Valley Fever
Ringworm
River Blindness
 (Onchocerciasis)
RMSF
 (Rocky Mountain spotted fever)
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
 (RMSF)
Rocky Mountain wood tick
 (Rocky Mountain spotted fever)
Rodent Control
Roseola
Rotavirus
Roundworms
 (ascarids and Hookworms)
Rubella
*Salmonella* Enteritidis
        (Egg associated salmonellosis)
Salmonellosis
Scabies
 (Sarcoptes scabiei) 
Schistosomiasis
 (bilharzia)
School
 (SAFEusa)
School Health
Secondary conditions
Sexual Assault
 (Rape)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Shigellosis
 (Shigella) 
Shingles
Skates and Skateboarding
 (SAFEusa)
Skiing, Sledding, Snowboarding
 (SAFEusa)
Sleeping Sickness
      		(Trypanosomiasis, African Sleeping Sickness)
Smokeless Tobacco
Smoking
Soccer
 (SAFEusa)
Spanish Language Documents
Spina Bifida
Spinal Cord Injury
 (SAFEusa)
Sporotrichosis
 (Fungal        Disease) 
Sports Injuries Among Children
 (SAFEusa)
St. Louis Encephalitis
Staphylococcus aureus
 (Vancomycin-resistant)
Strangulation and Suffocation
 (SAFEusa)
Streptococcal infections
 (Group A Streptococcus)
Stroke or Cerebrovascular Disease
*Strongyloides* Infection
Suicide
Suicide
 (SAFEusa)
Swimmer's Itch
 (Schistosomiasis)
Swimming Pool Safety
Syphilis
 (Treponema pallidum)
*Taenia* Infection
Tapeworm Infection
Teens
Tetanus
Thrush
Tobacco Control
Tornado
Toxic Shock Syndrome
*Toxocara* Infection
Toxocariasis
 (roundworms) 
Toxoplasmosis
Trampolines
 (SAFEusa)
Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic Brain Injury
 (SAFEusa)
Traveler's Health
Trichinosis
 (Trichinellosis)
*Trichomonas* Infection
Trichuriasis
 (Whipworm infection)
Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
Tuberculosis
Typhoid Fever
Ulcers
 (Peptic ulcer disease)
Unintended Pregnancy
Vaccine Identification Standards Initiative (VISI)
Vaccine Safety
Varicella
 (Chicken Pox)
Vessel Sanitation
*Vibrio        parahaemolyticus*
*Vibrio vulnificus*
Violence
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
VISI (Vaccine Identification Standards Initiative)
Vision impairment
Walking
 (SAFEusa)
Water
 (SAFEusa)
Waterborne Diseases
West Nile Virus
Western Equine Encephalitis Fact        Sheet
Whipworm Infection
Whitewater Arroyo Virus
Winter Safety
 (SAFEusa)
Women's Health
Work
 (SAFEusa)
Yellow Fever
*Yersinia        enterocolitica*
Youth Violence
Youth Violence
 (SAFEusa)
Zoonotic Diseases
Zoster
 
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