Poliomyelitis, also known as polio, is a viral infection caused by the poliovirus from the Picornaviridae family. Since 1988 to 2012, the...

Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a viral infection for which there is no vaccination, but which is usually relatively harmless. Once you...

Syphilis, also known as lues, belongs to the group of sexually transmitted infectious diseases. Infection with the pathogenic bacterium...

Haemophilus influenzae type b is a serious bacterial infection for which there is a compulsory notification by name. It occurs...

Hepatitis B, diseaseHepatitis B is a contagious, acute liver inflammation caused by the hepatitis B virus, which can sometimes be chronic...

Glanders mainly infects cloven-hoofed animals such as horses or donkeys. These are a dangerous source of infection of the disease for us...

Rabies, also known as dog rabies, rage disease or rabies, is an infectious disease known for thousands of years that threatens the...

Cholera, also called bilious diarrhea, is a serious bacterial infectious disease, primarily of the small intestine, caused by the...

Rotavirus infection is a disease of the intestines that you recognize mainly by the sudden appearance of watery diarrhea. Vomiting,...

Amoebic dysentery is a bacterial infectious disease of the intestine caused by the pathogen Entamoeba histolytica and is widespread...

Tuberculosis, formerly also known as consumption, is an infectious disease of increasing frequency spread worldwide by several species of...

Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is a serious bacterial infectious disease. From the ninth week of life, it is possible to vaccinate...

Diphtheria is a dangerous bacterial infectious disease that belongs to the major field of childhood diseases and is notifiable. The...

Bei einer Innere Leishmaniose, oder auch viszerale Leishmaniose, Dum-Dum-Fieber, Schwarzes Fieber oder Kala-Azar genannt,  sind die...

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome SARS is an infectious disease caused by corona viruses that primarily affects our lungs and is...

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis (Latin for severe cough), is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis...

Lassa fever is a notifiable infectious disease transmitted to humans by the Lassa virus through rodents. In 1969, an American missionary...

African sleeping sickness, also called trypanosomiasis, is a tropical disease transmitted by the tsetse fly and caused by the parasite...

AIDS was first recognized in 1959 in Zaire, in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the basis of a blood sample. Before AIDS...

Yellow fever, also called Ochropyra or black vomiting, is a viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes. The virus multiplies mainly in its...