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)
- Waterborne Infections in British Columbia (#49a)
- West Nile Virus (#88)
- Yersiniosis (#77)
Food-Borne and Water-Borne Disease
- Campylobacter Infection (#58)
- Cryptosporidium Infection (#48)
- Cyanobacteria Blooms (Blue-green Algae) (#47)
- Disinfecting Drinking Water (#49b)
- Drinking Water Chlorination Facts (#49d)
- E. coli Infection (#02)
- 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)
- Giardia Infection (#10)
- 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/Vegetable Juices and Ciders: A Potential Health Risk (#72)
- Waterborne Infections in British Columbia (#49a)
- Yersiniosis (#77)
General Disease
- Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) (#08g)
- Campylobacter Infection (#58)
- 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)
- Cryptosporidium Infection (#48)
- 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)
- Giardia Infection (#10)
- Gonorrhea (#08a)
- Group A Streptococcal Infections (#106)
- HIV Testing in Pregnancy (#38a)
- HIV and HIV Tests (#08m)
- HTLV-1 Virus (#34)
- Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) Vaccine (#16)
- 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)
- Home Isolation for Tuberculosis (TB) (#51c)
- Immunization for Health Care Workers in B.C. (#66)
- Impetigo (#81)
- Inactivated Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (#12d)
- Influenza (Flu) Immunization: Myths and Facts (#12c)
- Live Attenuated Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (#12e)
- 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 Vaccines (#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
- 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)
- Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) Vaccine (#16)
- 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)
- Influenza (Flu) Immunization: Myths and Facts (#12c)
- Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine (#41h)
- 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 (RotaTeq®) (#104)
- Shingles Vaccines (#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
- HIV and HIV Tests (#08m)
- Health Advice for Travellers (#41a)
- Hepatitis A Vaccine (#33)
- Hepatitis B Immune Globulin (#25b)
- Hepatitis B Infant Vaccine (#25c)
- Hepatitis B Vaccine (#25a)
- 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)
