Diseases A - Z
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- SARS
- SARS is a new illness that can lead to a severe form of pneumonia. It was first identified in late February and early Ma ...Click for more
- Salmonella
- Salmonella is a bacteria that can cause food-borne infection called Salmonellosis. Symptoms include sudden onset of feve ...Click for more
- Shigellosis
- Shigellosis is an intestinal infection that involves the large and part of the small intestine.
Caused by: a rod-shaped ...Click for more - Shingles
- Click here for a pdf version of the Shingles Factsheet
What are shingles? Shingles (Herpes Zoster) is an infection invo ...Click for more - Smog
- The term "smog" was first coined more than three decades ago to describe a mixture of smoke and fog in the air. Today, " ...Click for more
- Syphilis
- The Issue Syphilis is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that was rare in Canada five years ago. However, infect ...Click for more