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Salmonella is an intestinal infection caused by Salmonella bacteria.

An infection caused by a type of bacteria, known as spirochetes, that is transmitted when particular types of ticks attach to a person’s skin and feed on that person’s blood. These ticks are very small, only a few millimeters (about the size of a freckle); the ticks that transit Lyme disease are

A contagious and fairly common bacterial infection that causes a range of illnesses, from mild cough to severe disease

Fecal-oral route: Contact with feces of children who are infected. This generally involves an infected child contaminating his own fingers, then touching an object that another child touches. The child who touched the contaminated surface then puts her fingers into her own mouth or another person’s

A viral illness with swelling of one or more of the salivary glands

A yeast infection predominately produced by Candida albicans organisms causing mouth infections in young infants

A contagious disease caused by a group of respiratory viruses called influenza viruses

An intestinal infection caused by a parasite (Giardia intestinalis)