In the Disease Prevention category, there are HealthLinkBC File topics about animal and insect borne diseases, food and water borne diseases, infectious diseases, diseases related to travel, as well as immunizations available in British Columbia to protect against disease.
Disease Prevention
- Animal-Borne and Insect-Borne Disease
- Food-Borne and Water-Borne Disease
- General Disease
- Immunization-Related
- Influenza (Flu)
- Travel Related Disease
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Animal-Borne and Insect-Borne Disease
- Campylobacter Infection (#58)
- Cryptosporidium Infection (#48)
- Giardia Infection (#10)
- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (#36)
- Health Advice for Travellers (#41a)
- Health Risks in the Wilderness (#24)
- Malaria Prevention (#41f)
- Petting Zoo and Open Farm Visits (#61b)
- Q Fever (#79)
- Rabies (#07a)
- Role of Pets in Human Disease (#61a)
- Scabies (#09)
- Swimmer's Itch (#52)
- Tick Bites and Disease (#01)
- Toxoplasmosis (#43)
- Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) (#55b)
- Water-borne Infections in British Columbia (#49a)
- West Nile Virus (#88)
- Yersiniosis (#77)
Food-Borne and Water-Borne Disease
- Campylobacter Infection (#58)
- Cryptosporidium Infection (#48)
- E. coli Infection (#02)
- Giardia Infection (#10)
- Blue-green Algae (Cyanobacteria) Blooms (#47)
- Disinfecting Drinking Water (#49b)
- Drinking Water Chlorination Facts (#49d)
- Food Safety for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (#59b)
- Food Safety in Child Care Facilities (#59d)
- Food Safety: Easy Ways to Make Food Safer (#59a)
- Food Safety: Instructions on Food Labels (#59c)
- Foods to Avoid for People at Higher Risk of Food-borne Illness (#76)
- Home Canning – How to Avoid Botulism (#22)
- Listeriosis (#75)
- Norovirus (#87)
- Preventing Water-Borne Infections For People with Weakened Immune Systems (#56)
- Salmonellosis (#17)
- Toxoplasmosis (#43)
- Traveller's Diarrhea (#41e)
- Typhoid Vaccine (#41j)
- Unpasteurized Fruit Juices and Ciders: A Potential Health Risk (#72)
- Water-borne Infections in British Columbia (#49a)
- Yersiniosis (#77)
General Disease
- Campylobacter Infection (#58)
- Cryptosporidium Infection (#48)
- Giardia Infection (#10)
- Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) Vaccine (#16)
- Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) (#08g)
- Cervicitis (#08f)
- Chlamydia (#08l)
- Clostridium Difficile (C. difficile) (#114)
- Contact with Blood or Body Fluids: Protecting against Infection (#97)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) (#55a)
- Cryptococcal Disease (C. gattii) (#98)
- Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hepatitis B, Polio, and Haemophilus influenzae type b (DTaP-HB-IPV-Hib) Vaccine (#105)
- Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio, Haemophilus influenzae Type b (DTaP-IPV-Hib) Vaccine (#15b)
- Facts About Chickenpox (#44a)
- Facts about Influenza (the Flu) (#12b)
- Fifth Disease Parvovirus Infection (#54)
- Genital Herpes (#08d)
- Gonorrhea (#08a)
- Group A Streptococcal Infections (#106)
- Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (#64)
- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (#36)
- Health Advice for Travellers (#41a)
- Hepatitis A Vaccine (#33)
- Hepatitis B Immune Globulin (#25b)
- Hepatitis B Infant Vaccine (#25c)
- Hepatitis B Vaccine (#25a)
- Hepatitis C Virus Infection (#40a)
- HIV and HIV Tests (#08m)
- HIV Testing in Pregnancy (#38a)
- Home Isolation for Tuberculosis (TB) (#51c)
- HTLV-1 Virus (#34)
- Immunization for Health Care Workers in B.C. (#66)
- Impetigo (#81)
- Influenza (Flu) Immunization: Myths and Facts (#12c)
- Measles (#14b)
- Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) Vaccine (#14a)
- Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella (MMRV) Vaccine (#14e)
- Meningococcal C Conjugate (Men-C) Vaccine (#23a)
- Meningococcal Quadrivalent Vaccines (#23b)
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) (#73)
- Molluscum Contagiosum (#08i)
- Mumps (#14c)
- Necrotizing Fasciitis (Flesh-Eating Disease) (#60)
- Norovirus (#87)
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) (#08c)
- Pertussis (Whooping Cough) (#15c)
- Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis) (#82)
- Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV 13) Vaccine (#62a)
- Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (#62b)
- Polio Vaccine (IPV) (#13)
- Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) (#08o)
- Protecting Your Baby against Hepatitis B at Birth (#25d)
- Pubic Lice (#08h)
- Q Fever (#79)
- Roseola (#83)
- Rubella (#14d)
- Scabies (#09)
- Shigellosis (#80)
- Shingles Vaccine (#111)
- Sputum Collection for Tuberculosis (TB) Testing (#51b)
- Syphilis (#08e)
- Tetanus and Diphtheria (Td) Vaccine (#18a)
- Tetanus, Diphtheria and Polio (Td-IPV) Vaccine (#18b)
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccine (#18c)
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Polio (Tdap-IPV) Vaccine (#15a)
- Toxic Shock Syndrome (#04)
- Trichomoniasis (#08p)
- Urethritis (#08b)
- Vaginal Yeast Infection (#08j)
- Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) (#74)
- West Nile Virus (#88)
Immunization-Related
- Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) Vaccine (#16)
- Chickenpox (Varicella) Vaccine (#44b)
- Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hepatitis B, Polio, and Haemophilus influenzae type b (DTaP-HB-IPV-Hib) Vaccine (#105)
- Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio, Haemophilus influenzae Type b (DTaP-IPV-Hib) Vaccine (#15b)
- Grade 6 Immunizations in B.C. (#50f)
- Grade 9 Immunizations in B.C. (#50g)
- Health Advice for Travellers (#41a)
- Hepatitis A Vaccine (#33)
- Hepatitis B Immune Globulin (#25b)
- Hepatitis B Infant Vaccine (#25c)
- Hepatitis B Vaccine (#25a)
- Immune Globulin (#63)
- Inactivated Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (#12d)
- Influenza (Flu) Immunization: Myths and Facts (#12c)
- Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine (#41h)
- Live Attenuated Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (#12e)
- Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) Vaccine (#14a)
- Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella (MMRV) Vaccine (#14e)
- Meningococcal C Conjugate (Men-C) Vaccine (#23a)
- Meningococcal Quadrivalent Vaccines (#23b)
- Numbing Creams and Patches for Immunizations (#50h)
- Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV 13) Vaccine (#62a)
- Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (#62b)
- Polio Vaccine (IPV) (#13)
- Rabies (#07a)
- Reye Syndrome (#84)
- Rotavirus Vaccine (Rotarix®) (#104a)
- Rotavirus Vaccine (RotaTeq®) (#104)
- Shingles Vaccine (#111)
- Tetanus and Diphtheria (Td) Vaccine (#18a)
- Tetanus, Diphtheria and Polio (Td-IPV) Vaccine (#18b)
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccine (#18c)
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Polio (Tdap-IPV) Vaccine (#15a)
- Travel Immunizations for Adults (#41c)
- Traveller's Diarrhea and Cholera Vaccine (#41k)
- Travelling with Children (#41d)
- Typhoid Vaccine (#41j)
- Why Seniors Should Get the Inactivated Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (#12a)
- Yellow Fever Vaccine (#41i)
Influenza (Flu)
- Facts about Influenza (the Flu) (#12b)
- Inactivated Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (#12d)
- Influenza (Flu) Immunization: Myths and Facts (#12c)
- Live Attenuated Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (#12e)
- Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV 13) Vaccine (#62a)
- Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (#62b)
- Why Seniors Should Get the Inactivated Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (#12a)
Travel Related Disease
- Health Advice for Travellers (#41a)
- Hepatitis A Vaccine (#33)
- Hepatitis B Immune Globulin (#25b)
- Hepatitis B Infant Vaccine (#25c)
- Hepatitis B Vaccine (#25a)
- HIV and HIV Tests (#08m)
- Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine (#41h)
- Malaria Prevention (#41f)
- The Pregnant Traveller (#41g)
- Travel Immunizations for Adults (#41c)
- Traveller's Diarrhea (#41e)
- Traveller's Diarrhea and Cholera Vaccine (#41k)
- Travelling with Children (#41d)
- Typhoid Vaccine (#41j)
- Yellow Fever Vaccine (#41i)
