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Ringworm—Child Care and Schools
Category: infectious_diseases
A fungal infection that may affect the body, feet, or scalp
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Roseola (Human Herpesvirus 6 and 7)—Child Care and Schools
Category: infectious_diseases
A viral infection causing fever or rash in infants and children that primarily occurs between 6 and 24 months of age
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Rotavirus—Child Care and Schools
Category: infectious_diseases
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
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Rubella (German Measles)—Child Care and Schools
Category: infectious_diseases
A mild viral infection usually lasting 3 days that is now rare in the United States because of routine immunization.
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Salmonella—Child Care and Schools
Category: infectious_diseases
Salmonella is an intestinal infection caused by Salmonella bacteria.
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Scabies—Child Care and Schools
Category: infectious_diseases
An infestation of the skin by small insects called mites
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Shigella—Child Care and Schools
Category: infectious_diseases
An intestinal infection caused by the Shigella bacteria
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Shingles (Herpes Zoster)—Child Care and Schools
Category: infectious_diseases
An infection caused by the reactivation of varicella-zoster (chickenpox) virus within the body of someone who previously had chickenpox or (rarely) someone who had received the chickenpox vaccine in the past
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