Disease | Transmission | Landmark signs / symptoms | Special Characteristic |
Chicken pox | Direct / indirect contact, Airborne, Droplets | Fever, headache, stomach ache, loos of appetite. Blisters over red rash skin. | Blisters that are fluid-filled and itchy and later turn cloudy. |
Small pox | Airborne, Direct contact with droplets | Fever, back-ache, headache, rash that proceeds to flat to raised to fluid-filled to scabs. | The rash is there form day 1 and lasts till the last scab falls off. There is a crater like appearance at the site of the scab. |
Measles | Direct contact with droplets, Airborne is less frequent | Rashes on face neck, that proceeds all over. | Small blue-white spots with red base (Koplik spots) near the molars on the buccal mucosa appear 2 days before appearance of rash. Later exanthem appears and a deep red macular rash on the face and neck proceeds towards the trunk and extremities. |
Rubella | Airborne, Direct contact with droplets | Pink macules (rash) and papules | Rash first appears on face and then proceeds towards the extremities |
Wart | Direct contact | Cauliflower-like rough, scaly, dome-shaped growths common on hands and feet. | Smooth flat-topped yellow brown papules are common in children but absent in adults |
Viral disease chart Disease Transmission Special Signs/Symptoms Information Chicken pox Small pox Measles Warts Poliomyelitis Mononucleosis...