A-Z Index of Water-Related Topics

Many illnesses, contaminants, and injuries can be water, sanitation, or hygiene-related. Learn more about these diseases and other water-related topics by viewing the indices below.

Acanthamoeba * (CDC, CDC-Water)
Adenoviruses (CDC)
Aeromonas hydrophila (FDA)
Algal Blooms, Harmful (HABs) ( CDC )
Amebiasis (CDC)
Arsenic (CDC-ATSDR, CDC-Water, WHO )
Arsenicosis (CDC-ATSDR)
Ascariasis * (CDC, WHO-general)
Ascaris lumbricoides * (CDC, WHO-general)
Atrazine (CDC-ATSDR)

Balamuthia mandrillaris (CDC)
Benzene (CDC-ATSDR)
Bilharzia (CDC, WHO) (see also Schistosomiasis)
Boating (CDC)
Body Lice * (CDC, CDC-Water)
Burkholderia cepacia complex (CDC)
Buruli Ulcer (CDC, WHO)

Campylobacter (CDC, CDC-Water, WHO)
Campylobacteriosis (CDC, CDC-Water, WHO)
Cercarial Dermatitis (CDC)
Chloramines (CDC, EPA)
Chlamydia trachomatis * (CDC, WHO) (see also Trachoma)
Chlorine (CDC, CDC-ATSDR)
Cholera (CDC, WHO)
Chromium (CDC, EPA)
Coliform bacteria (EPA)
Conjunctivitis (CDC)
Copper (CDC-ATSDR, CDC-Water)
Coxsackievirus (A16, B) (Enterovirus) (CDC)
Cryptosporidiosis (CDC, CDC-Water)
Cryptosporidium (CDC, CDC-Water)
Cyanobacteria (CDC, WHO [PDF – 23 pages])
Cyclospora (CDC)
Cyclosporiasis (CDC)

Dengue Fever ** (CDC, WHO)
Dental Caries * (CDC-Water)
Dermatitis (CDC)
Diarrhea (CDC-Water, WHO)
Diarrhea, Chronic (CDC-Water, WHO)
Diarrhea, Travelers’ (CDC)
Dracunculiasis (CDC, WHO)
Dracunculus medinensis (CDC, WHO)
Drowning (CDC)

Eastern Equine Encephalitis ** (CDC)
Entamoeba histolytica (CDC) (see also Amebiasis)
Enterovirus (CDC, CDC-Water)
Entrapment (CDC)
Escherichia coli 0157:H7 / “E. coli” (CDC, CDC-Water, EPA, WHO)
Ethylbenzene (CDC-ATSDR)

Fasciola gigantica (CDC, WHO)
Fasciola hepatica (CDC, WHO)
Fascioliasis (CDC, WHO)
Fasciolopsiasis (CDC)
Fasciolopsis buski (CDC)
Fluoride (CDC-ATSDR, CDC, WHO)
Fluorosis (CDC-ATSDR, CDC, WHO)
Folliculitis (CDC)

Giardia (CDC, CDC-Water)
Giardiasis (CDC, CDC-Water)
Guinea Worm Disease (CDC, WHO) (see also Dracunculiasis)

Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) (CDC)
Head Lice * (CDC, CDC-Water)
Helminthiasis * (CDC, WHO, WHO-PPC)
Hepatitis A (CDC, CDC-Water, WHO)
Hepatitis E (CDC, WHO)
Hookworm * (CDC, WHO-general)
Hot Tub Rash (CDC, CDC-Water)

Injury, Water-related (CDC)

Japanese Encephalitis ** (CDC, WHO)

Keratitis (CDC)

La Crosse Encephalitis ** (CDC)
Lead (CDC-ATSDR, CDC-Water)
Lead Poisoning (CDC-ATSDR, CDC-Water)
Legionnaires’ Disease (CDC)
Legionella (CDC)
Legionellosis (CDC)
Leptospira (CDC, WHO )
Leptospirosis (CDC, WHO )
Lice * (CDC)
Lice, Body * (CDC, CDC-Water)
Lice, Head * (CDC, CDC-Water)
Lice, Pubic * (CDC, CDC-Water)
Lymphatic filariasis * (CDC, CDC-Water, WHO)

Malaria ** (CDC, WHO )
Malnutrition ( WHO )
Marine Toxins ( CDC )
Meningitis, Viral (CDC)
Mercury (CDC-ATSDR)
Methaemoglobinaemia ( WHO )
Microsporidiosis ( CDC )
Microsporidium ( CDC )
Molluscum contagiosum (CDC)
Mycobacterium avium complex ( CDC )
Mycobacterium ulcerans (CDC, WHO)

Naegleria fowleri (CDC)
Naegleria Infection (CDC)
Nitrate (CDC-ATSDR, CDC-Water, EPA )
Nitrite (CDC-ATSDR, EPA )
Norovirus (CDC, CDC-Water)

Onchocerciasis ** (CDC, WHO )
Otitis Externa (CDC, CDC-Water)

Perchloroethylene (see also Tetrachloroethylene)
Pinworms * (CDC, CDC-Water)
Plesiomonas shigelloides (FDA)
Pontiac Fever (CDC)
Pseudomonas (CDC-Water 1, CDC-Water 2)
Pubic Lice * (CDC, CDC-Water)

No currently listed diseases.

Radionuclides ( EPA )
Radium (CDC-ATSDR, EPA)
Radon (CDC-ATSDR, CDC-Water)
Rift Valley Fever ** ( CDC , WHO)
Ringworm * (CDC, NIH, WHO ) (see also Tinea)
River Blindness ** (CDC, WHO ) (see also Onchocerciasis)
Rotavirus (CDC, CDC-Water, WHO)

Salmonella (CDC, CDC-Water, WHO)
Salmonella typhi (CDC, WHO )
Salmonellosis (CDC, CDC-Water, WHO)
Scabies * (CDC, CDC-Water, WHO)
Schistosoma (CDC, WHO )
Schistosomiasis (CDC, WHO )
Shigella (CDC, CDC-Water, WHO)
Shigellosis (CDC, CDC-Water, WHO )
Soil transmitted helminths * (CDC, WHO, WHO-PPC)
St. Louis Encephalitis ** (CDC)
Staphylococcus aureus (CDC, FDA)
Swimmer’s Ear * (CDC, CDC-Water ) (see also Otitis Externa)
Swimmer’s Itch (CDC) (see also Cercarial Dermatitis)

Tetrachloroethylene (PERC)(CDC-ATSDR, CDC-NIOSH, EPA)
Tinea * (CDC, WHO, NIH) (see also Ringworm)
Toxins, Marine (CDC, CDC-general)
Toxoplasma gondii (CDC)
Toxoplasmosis (CDC)
Trachoma * (CDC, CDC-Water, WHO )
Travelers’ Diarrhea (CDC)
Trichuris trichiura (whipworm) * (CDC, WHO-general)
Typhoid Fever (CDC, WHO-water, WHO)

No currently listed diseases.

Vibrio cholerae (CDC, WHO )
Vibrio cholerae non-01 (CDC, FDA)
Vibrio parahaemolyticus (CDC, FDA)
Vibrio vulnificus (CDC, FDA)
Vinyl Chloride (CDC-ATSDR, EPA [PDF – 4 pages] )

Wastewater
West Nile Virus ** (CDC)

No currently listed diseases.

Yellow Fever ** (CDC, WHO)

No currently listed diseases.

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* indicates sanitation and hygiene-related diseases.
** indicates vector or insect-borne diseases associated with water.

For more information, please visit CDC’s Healthy Water website.