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A-Z Listing of ACDC Program Topics
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Vector-borne & Zoonotic Diseases
- Vector-Borne Disease: Disease that results from an infection transmitted to humans and other animals by blood-feeding anthropods, such as mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas. Examples of vector-borne diseases include Dengue fever, West Nile Virus, Lyme disease and malaria.
- Zoonotic Disease: a disease that can be transmitted from animals to people or, more specifically, a disease that normally exists in animals but that can infect humans. There are multitudes of zoonotic diseases.
Vector-borne Diseases
- Dengue Fever
- Lyme Disease
- Malaria
- Plague *
- Relapsing Fever
- Tularemia * (Rabbit Fever)
- Typhus * (Murine, Endemic)
Zoonotic Diseases
- Anthrax
- Brucellosis
- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
- Listeriosis
- Psittacosis
- Rabies
- Salmonellosis
- Trichinosis
- Q-Fever
* may be considered vector-borne or zoonotic