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Communicable Diseases
Healthy Camp Study Update: Ten Promising Practices of a Healthy Camp
Tue, 09/29/2015 - 12:18
Since the outbreak of H1N1 during the summer of 2009, camps have been diligently updating their health and safety protocols and practices for the management of communicable...
Strategies for Managing the Risks of Food Contamination and Communicable Disease at Camp
January 1, 2015
It is easy to become casual about food preparation and food safety. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, each year one in six Americans...
Legionnaires' Disease and Pontiac Fever
Wed, 09/16/2015 - 10:25
Legionnaires' disease is a serious, sometimes fatal form of pneumonia. Pontiac Fever is a less serious influenza-like infection. Together they are the two most common forms of...
Ticks - What All Camps Need to Know
Wed, 09/16/2015 - 10:14
Ticks are small spiderlike arachnids that bite to fasten themselves onto the skin and feed on blood. Ticks live in the fur and feathers of many birds and animals. Tick bites occur...
Scabies
Wed, 09/16/2015 - 10:07
Every year, the American Camp Association Camp Crisis Hotline receives calls from camps that have questions about scabies. Either they have detected scabies on a camper or staffer...
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
Wed, 09/16/2015 - 09:58
Hantaviruses are a group of viruses that may be carried by some rodents. Some hantaviruses can cause a rare but deadly disease called hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. The disease is...
Waterborne Illness — Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis and Naelgeria Fowleri
Mon, 08/17/2015 - 16:41
Naegleria fowleri is a brain-eating amoeba that lives in warm freshwater (such as lakes, rivers, hot springs, and ponds).
West Nile Virus - What Every Camp Needs to Know
Thu, 07/23/2015 - 11:34
West Nile virus (WNV) is a potentially serious illness. Here are some tips and resources for camps.
Avian Influenza (H5N1-Bird Flu)
June 15, 2015
Avian influenza (also known as "H5N1" and "bird flu") is an infectious disease of birds caused by type A strains of the influenza virus. The infection can cause a wide spectrum of...
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