Shawano County Home Page

Font Size:


	PUBLIC HEALTH


	General Information


	Chronic Disease


	Communicable Disease


	-		General Information


	-		Animal Bites


	-		Disease Reporting


	-		Nuisance


	Community Health


	COVID-19 (Coronavirus)


	Emergency Preparedness


	Environmental Health


	Immunization


	Maternal & Child Health


	Oral Health


	Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)


	BACK TO ALL DEPARTMENTS

Departments » Public Health » Communicable Disease

General Information

Communicable Disease

Communicable disease (or infectious disease) is a diagnosis spread from 1 person to another thru a variety of ways that include:

Contact with blood & bodily fluids
Breathing in an airborne virus
Being biten by an insect
Improper hygiene

Diseases Spread through Blood and/or Body Fluids:

Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
MRSA
HIV/AIDS
Ebola

Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceal (CRE)
Chickenpox/Shingles

Diseases Spread through Breathing:

Measles
Influenza
Tuberculosis
Pertussis
Blastomycosis
Histoplasmosis
Pneumococcal
Chickenpox

Diseases Spread through Improper Hand Washing/Food Prep:

Campylobacteriosis
Cryptosporidiosis
E. Coli
Group A - Streptococcal
Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceal (CRE)

Diseases Spread through Insects/Vermin:

Ehrlichiosis
Lymes Disease
Anaplasmosis
Babesioses
West Nile Virus

Copyright © 2021 Shawano County Government - Shawano Wisconsin
311 N. Main St., Shawano, WI 54166-8724 • (715) 526-9135

Designed & Powered By

Konect

Legal Notice | Privacy Notice | Acceptable Use Policy | Linking Policy | Employees