Swine flu is a respiratory sickness caused by an influenza virus that mainly infects pigs.

VOA: special.2009.04.29

Dengue hemorrhagic fever kills about five percent of all people it infects.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

The insect can carry a parasite that infects the central nervous system.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

Sleeping sickness is spread by a parasite that infects the central nervous system and,if left untreated, moves to the spinal column and brain, resulting in mental confusion and eventual death.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05