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Results 1 - 10 of 15 for Epidemic
  1. Typhus 
    ... cats, possums, raccoons, and skunks. Rickettsia prowazekii causes epidemic typhus. It is spread by lice. Brill-Zinsser disease is a mild form of epidemic typhus. It occurs when the bacteria become active ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001363.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Rat-bite fever 
    Rat-bite fever is a rare bacterial disease spread by the bite of an infected rodent. ... Rat-bite fever can be caused by either of two ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001348.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Mumps 
    Mumps is a contagious disease that leads to painful swelling of the salivary glands . The salivary glands produce saliva, a liquid that ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001557.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Plague 
    ... In the Middle Ages in Europe, massive plague epidemics killed millions of people. These days, plague occurs ... the 1900s by rats aboard steamships. It caused epidemics in many urban areas up until 1925. The ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000596.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Hydrocodone/oxycodone overdose 
    ... questions in patient satisfaction surveys driving the opioid epidemic? Am J Public Health . 2016;106(6):985- ... Hodge JG Jr, Noe SA. Reframing the opioid epidemic as a national emergency. JAMA . 2017;318(16): ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007285.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Histoplasmosis - acute (primary) pulmonary 
    ... treatment. Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis may happen as an epidemic, with many people in one region becoming sick ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000098.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Meningococcal meningitis 
    ... in winter or spring. It may cause local epidemics at boarding schools, college dormitories, or military bases. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000608.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia 
    ... jiroveci was a rare infection before the AIDS epidemic. Before the use of preventive antibiotics for the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000671.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Kaposi sarcoma 
    ... and Mediterranean descent. The disease usually develops slowly. Epidemic (AIDS-related) KS: Occurs most often in people ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000661.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Ebola virus disease 
    ... in March 2014 was the largest hemorrhagic viral epidemic in history. Almost 40% of the people who ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001339.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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