Table 2-5. Notifiable diseases in England & Wales under the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988

Acute encephalitis

Acute poliomyelitis

Anthrax

Cholera

Diphtheria

Dysentery (amoebic or bacillary)

Food poisoning

Leprosy

Leptospirosis

Malaria

Measles

Meningitis

Meningococcal septicaemia (without meningitis)

Mumps

Ophthalmia neonatorum

Paratyphoid fever

Plague

Rabies

Relapsing fever

Rubella

Scarlet fever

Smallpox

Tetanus

Tuberculosis

Typhoid fever

Typhus

Viral haemorrhagic fever

Viral hepatitis

Whooping cough

Yellow fever

Man constantly interacts with the world of microorganisms from birth to death. The majority cause no harm and some play a role in the normal functioning of the mouth, vagina and lower intestinal tract. However, many microorganisms have the potential to produce disease. This may result from inoculation of damaged tissues, tissue invasion, a variety of virulence factors or toxin production.

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   I got mumps last year and it was really very painful. I have to take some pain killers to ease the pain. ~

   Comment by Madeline Morgan — April 29, 2010 @ 6:39 pm

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