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• Be wise--Immunize!
  March 2008
   
• Blastomycosis
  June 2007
   
• Chlamydia – A Sexually Transmitted Infection
  February 2001
   
• Communicable Disease Information for Visitors and Volunteers in Health Care Facilities
  October 2003
   
• Cryptosporidium Infection
  January 2006
   
• DaPTP Vaccine to Prevent Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio
  March 2001
   
• Diptheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (DaPTP-Hib) Vaccine
  November 2007
   
• Giardia Infection
  June 2001
   
• Gonorrhea – A Sexually Transmitted Infection
  February 2001
   
• Hantavirus Infection
  January 2006
   
• Head Lice 
  February 2005
   
• Head Lice Control Check List
  February 2005
   
• Hepatitis B Vaccine
  August 2005
   
• Hepatitis B and Your Baby
  March 2003
   
• Hib Vaccine to Prevent Haemophilus influenzae type B
  March 2001
   
• Influenza (The Flu)
  August 2007
   
• Influenza:  Annual, Pandemic and Avian
  • Public Health Measures During an Influenza Pandemic
  • Vaccines and Antivirals
    
    
• Information for Individuals Who May Have Been Exposed to HIV, the AIDS virus
  October 2003
   
• Lyme Disease
  April 2002
   
• Measles/Mumps/Rubella (MMR) Vaccine
  June 2005
   
• Meningococcal Infections (including Meningitis)
  March 2001
   
• Meningococcal Conjugate C Vaccine
  December 2005
   
• Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
  January 2007
   
• Necrotizing fasciitis ("Flesh-eating Disease")
  May 2001
   
• Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV7)
  August 2004
   
• Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine PPV23
  August 2007
   
• Rabies
  November 2005
   
• Syphilis:  A Sexually Transmitted Infection
   
• Tamiflu^® (also known as Oseltamivir)
  December 2005
   
• Td Vaccine to Prevent Tetanus and Diphtheria
  October 2003
   
• Tdap Vaccine:  Tetanus, Diphtheria, Acellular Pertussis
  October 2003
   
• Thimerosal in vaccines
  September 2003
   
• Tuberculosis (TB)
  January 2006
   
• Varicella (Chickenpox) Vaccine
  August 2006
   
• West Nile virus

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