Letter
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Hint
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Answer
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A
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Immunodeficiency caused by HIV
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AIDS
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B
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Killed up to 60% of Europe's population in the 14th century
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Bubonic plague
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C
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Spread through contaminated water, results in severe diarrhoea and vomiting
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Cholera
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D
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Mosquito-borne tropical disease with a characteristic skin rash
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Dengue fever
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E
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Viral haemorrhagic disease spread through body fluids
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Ebola
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F
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Colloquial name for the respiratory disease caused by influenza viruses
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Flu
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G
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Relatively common bacterial STI
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Gonorrhoea
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H
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Inflammation of the liver, caused by viruses named A to E
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Hepatitis
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I
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Illness caused by Epstein-Barr virus, also known as glandular fever
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Infectious mononucleosis
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K
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Prion disease endemic to Papua New Guinea
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Kuru
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L
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Bacterial disease spread by infected ticks
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Lyme disease
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M
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Mosquito-borne parasitic disease, originally treated with quinine
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Malaria
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N
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Virus also known as the 'winter vomiting bug', named after Norwalk, Ohio
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Norovirus
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O
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Infection of the middle ear, caused by a variety of infectious agents
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Otitis media
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P
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Nearly-eradicated viral disease which can cause paralysis
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Poliomyelitis
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Q
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Rare bacterial disease spread by domestic animals
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Q fever
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R
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Viral disease historically known as 'hydrophobia'
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Rabies
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S
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Viral disease declared eradicated in 1979 by the WHO
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Smallpox
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T
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Bacterial disease that causes muscle spasms, sometimes known as 'lockjaw'
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Tetanus
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V
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Fungal disease endemic to the southwestern United States
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Valley fever
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W
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Spread by a virus named for an African river
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West Nile fever
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Y
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Mosquito-borne viral tropical disease which can cause jaundice
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Yellow fever
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Z
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Tropical viral disease that can cause microcephaly in newborn babies
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Zika virus disease
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