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Diseases

Potentially Life-Threatening Infectious Diseases for Fire Fighters and Paramedics

Infectious Disease

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Anthrax

Diphtheria

Hepatitis A Virus

Hepatitis B Virus

Hepatitis C Virus

Hepatitis D Virus

Herpes Simplex Virus

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

Infectious Diarrhea (Campylobacter, Salmonella, Shigella, E. Coli)

Influenza

Lice

Lyme Disease

Measles

Meningitis

West Nile Virus

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus (MRSA)

Middle East Respiratory Disease Syndrome (MERS)

Monkeypox

Mononucleosis

Mumps

Novel influenza

Pertussis

Plague (Bubonic / Pneumonic)

Poliomyelitis

Rabies

Rubella

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Smallpox

Tetanus

Tuberculosis

Vaccinia Infection

Varicella Diseases/ Chicken Pox

Viral hemorrhagic fevers (Lassa, Marburg, Ebola, Crimean-Congo and other emerging viruses)