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Meningitis

 A serious disease in which there is damage in the brain

marked by intense headache and fever, sensitivity to light,

and muscular rigidity

 It is caused by bacteria and virus

 This disease is airborne

Yellow fever

 A viral disease affecting the liver

and kidneys, causing

fever.

 It is caused by a virus

 Spread by the Aedes or Tiger mosquito

Small pox

 A contagious viral disease,

with fever and pustules

that usually leave perma-

nent scars.

 It is caused by a virus

 It’s airborne

 Edward Jenner, an English

doctor was the first to dis-

cover the vaccine and vaccination of small pox in 1700.

 This disease was effectively eradicated through vaccination

by 1979.