List of childhood diseases

The term childhood disease is sometimes subjective, and does not refer to an accepted, categorical list. Nearly all the diseases in this list can also be contracted by adults, and, of course, all children can contract diseases not categorized as "childhood diseases".

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Some childhood diseases include:

• Candidiasis ("Thrush")
• Chagas disease
• Chicken pox
• Croup
• Cytomegalovirus (the virus most frequently transmitted before birth)
• Duchenne muscular dystrophy
• Fifth disease
• Measles
• Mumps
• Rheumatic fever
• Rubella
• Whooping cough