A to Z: Infectious Diseases

Name the infectious disease that corresponds to the hint for each letter of the alphabet.

There are no commonly known infectious diseases beginning with J, U, or X

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Letter	Hint	Answer
A	Immunodeficiency caused by HIV	AIDS
B	Killed up to 60% of Europe's population in the 14th century	Bubonic plague
C	Spread through contaminated water, results in severe diarrhoea and vomiting	Cholera
D	Mosquito-borne tropical disease with a characteristic skin rash	Dengue fever
E	Viral haemorrhagic disease spread through body fluids	Ebola
F	Colloquial name for the respiratory disease caused by influenza viruses	Flu
G	Relatively common bacterial STI	Gonorrhoea
H	Inflammation of the liver, caused by viruses named A to E	Hepatitis
I	Illness caused by Epstein-Barr virus, also known as glandular fever	Infectious mononucleosis
K	Prion disease endemic to Papua New Guinea	Kuru
L	Bacterial disease spread by infected ticks	Lyme disease
M	Mosquito-borne parasitic disease, originally treated with quinine	Malaria
N	Virus also known as the 'winter vomiting bug', named after Norwalk, Ohio	Norovirus
O	Infection of the middle ear, caused by a variety of infectious agents	Otitis media
P	Nearly-eradicated viral disease which can cause paralysis	Poliomyelitis
Q	Rare bacterial disease spread by domestic animals	Q fever
R	Viral disease historically known as 'hydrophobia'	Rabies
S	Viral disease declared eradicated in 1979 by the WHO	Smallpox
T	Bacterial disease that causes muscle spasms, sometimes known as 'lockjaw'	Tetanus
V	Fungal disease endemic to the southwestern United States	Valley fever
W	Spread by a virus named for an African river	West Nile fever
Y	Mosquito-borne viral tropical disease which can cause jaundice	Yellow fever
Z	Tropical viral disease that can cause microcephaly in newborn babies	Zika virus disease