Communicable Diseases

An infectious disease is a clinically evident illness resulting from the presence of pathogenic biological agents, including pathogenic viruses, pathogenic bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasites, and aberrant proteins known as prions. These pathogens are able to cause disease in animals and/or plants. Infectious pathologies are also called communicable diseases or transmissible diseases due to their potential of transmission from one person or species to another by a replicating agent (as opposed to a toxin).[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infectious_disease

Chickenpox (varicella zoster infection)

1. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control New York State Department of Health
2. Chicken Pox – By Jillian Powell (Google Books)
   
3. Everything You Need to Know About Chicken Pox and Shingles – By Jennifer Plum (Google Books)
   

Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (CA-MRSA)

1. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control New York State Department of Health
2. Superbugs Strike Back: When Antibiotics Fail – By Connie Goldsmith (Google Books)
   

Pertussis (whooping cough)

1. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control New York State Department of Health
2. Superbugs Strike Back: When Antibiotics Fail – By Connie Goldsmith (Google Books)
   

West Nile Virus (WNV)

1. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control New York State Department of Health
2. West Nile virus – By Phillip Margulies (Google Books)
   

Streptococcal Infections (invasive group A strep)

1. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control New York State Department of Health
2. Strep Throat – By Jason Glaser
   

Ringworm

1. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control New York State Department of Health
2. Don’t Touch That!:The Book of Gross, Poisonous, and Downright Icky Plants and Critters – By Jeff Day (Google Books)
   

Swine Flu

1. Influenza – By Connie Goldsmith (Google Books)
   

Pin Worms

1. eMedicine Health
2. Mites and Bites – By Angela Royston (Google Books)