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Top 10 rare infectious diseases
Measured by: prevalence
Disease | Estimated US prevalence | Age of onset |
---|---|---|
Syphilis | 115,045 | |
Salmonellosis, excluding typhoid fever | 60,999 | |
Lyme disease | 33,666 | |
Shigellosis | 16,333 | |
Pertussis (whooping cough) | 15,609 | |
Acute hepatitis A viral infection | 12,474 | |
Tuberculosis | 9,025 | |
Haemophilus influenzae, invasive | 5,573 | |
Spotted fever rickettsiosis | 5,544 | |
Acute hepatitis C viral infection | 4,768 |