{{Short description|none}} [[File:Childhood-cluster diseases world map - DALY - WHO2002.svg|thumb|upright=1.5|Disability-adjusted life year for childhood-cluster diseases per 100,000 inhabitants. These include pertussis, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, measles, and tetanus.

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{{legend|#ffff65|≤ 25}}

{{legend|#fff200|25-50}}

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{{legend|#ffc600|100-200}}

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{{legend|#ff9a00|300-400}}

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{{legend|#ff6e00|500-750}}

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{{legend|#ff2c00|2000-3000}}

{{legend|#cb0000|≥ 3000}}

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The term '''childhood disease''' refers to disease that is contracted or becomes symptomatic before the legal age of majority. Many of these diseases can also be contracted by adults.

Some childhood diseases include:

== Diseases of neonates and children younger than five years ==

[[File:Gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum.jpg|thumb|Gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum]]

{{further|Neonatal infection}}

{{div col|colwidth=13em}} * Candida albicans infection * Candida parapsilosis infection * Cytomegalovirus infection * Diphtheria * Human coronavirus infection * respiratory distress syndrome * Measles * Meconium aspiration syndrome * Metapneumovirus (hMPV) infection * Necrotizing enterocolitis * Neonatal conjunctivitis * Parainfluenza (PIV) infection * Pertussis * Poliomyelitis * prenatal Listeria * Group B streptoccus infection * Tay–Sachs disease * Tetanus * Ureaplasma urealyticum infection * Respiratory syncytial virus infection * Rhinovirus; common cold {{div col end}}

== Diseases of older children == {{div col|colwidth=13em}} * Common cold * AIDS * Anemia * Asthma * Bronchiolitis * Cancer * Candidiasis ("Thrush") * Chagas disease * Chickenpox * Copenhagen disease * Croup * Cystic fibrosis * Cytomegalovirus (the virus most frequently transmitted before birth) * Dental caries * Type 1 diabetes * Diphtheria * Duchenne muscular dystrophy * Fifth disease * Congenital Heart Disease * Infectious mononucleosis * Influenza * Intussusception (medical disorder) * Juvenile idiopathic arthritis * Leukemia * Measles * Meningitis * Molluscum contagiosum * Mumps * Nephrotic syndrome * Osgood-Schlatter disease * Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) * Pneumonia * Polio * Rheumatic fever * Rickets * Roseola * Rubella * Sever's disease * Tetanus * Tuberculosis * Volvulus * Whooping cough * Hepatitis A * Scarlet fever (Scarletina) * Lyme disease * Xerophthalmia {{div col end}}

===See also===

* [https://www.thepediatricfoundationforrarediseases.com/ The Pediatric Foundation for Rare Diseases]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Childhood Diseases And Disorders}} Category:Lists of diseases