r/infectiousdisease is a subreddit with 8k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses rabies, lyme disease, brain eating amoeba, disease, and schistosomiasis.
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Popular Themes in r/infectiousdisease
#1
Advice Requests
: "Lyme disease testing"
8 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Sirve este jabón para ayudar a tratar el molusco contagioso ?"
1 post
#3
Pain & Anger
: "School barn may have rabies, how bad can this get?"
1 post
#4
Opportunities
: "Seeking Research Participants for a Study on HIV-Serodiscordant Relationships"
1 post
#5
News
: "A 59 year old woman died after consumed raw oysters (Edwardsiella tarda - Rare fatal infection)"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/infectiousdisease
#1
Rabies
: "Does this bat encounter qualify as a possible Rabies exposure / indication for PEP?"
4 posts
#2
Lyme Disease
: "Lyme Disease spreading sadly w/o any end in sight"
2 posts
#3
Brain Eating Amoeba
: "Teenage boy dies August 31 in UNC Hospital from Brain Eating Amoeba"
2 posts
#4
Disease
: "A 59 year old woman died after consumed raw oysters (Edwardsiella tarda - Rare fatal infection)"
2 posts
#5
Schistosomiasis
: "[ARTICLE] Review of 2022 WHO guidelines on the control and elimination of Schistosomiasis. AUTHORS: Nathan C Lo, MDa Send email to [email protected] ∙ Fernando Schemelzer Moraes Bezerra, PhDb ∙ Prof Daniel G Colley, PhDc ∙ Fiona M Fleming, PhDd ∙ Mamoun Homeida, MDe ∙ Narcis Kabatereine, PhDf ∙ et"
2 posts
#6
Article
: "[Article] Review of 2022 WHO guidelines on the control and elimination of schistosomiasis. AUTHORS: Nathan C Lo, MDa Send email to [email protected] ∙ Fernando Schemelzer Moraes Bezerra, PhDb ∙ Prof Daniel G Colley, PhDc ∙ Fiona M Fleming, PhDd ∙ Mamoun Homeida, MDe ∙ Narcis Kabatereine, PhDf ∙ et"
2 posts
#7
Authors
: "[ARTICLE] Review of 2022 WHO guidelines on the control and elimination of schistosomiasis. Authors: Nathan C Lo, MDa Send email to [email protected] ∙ Fernando Schemelzer Moraes Bezerra, PhDb ∙ Prof Daniel G Colley, PhDc ∙ Fiona M Fleming, PhDd ∙ Mamoun Homeida, MDe ∙ Narcis Kabatereine, PhDf ∙ et"
2 posts
#8
Ebola
: "Ebola deaths in Congo top 3,000 as virus spreads at unprecedented speed"
1 post
#9
Infection
: "A 59 year old woman died after consumed raw oysters (Edwardsiella tarda - Rare fatal Infection)"
1 post
#10
Bacterial
: "A 59 year old woman died after consumed raw oysters (Edwardsiella tarda - Rare fatal infection)"
1 post
Flair Used in r/infectiousdisease
#1
selfq
: "Finding the actual day of culture positivity in epic is a nightmare"
14 posts
#2
Media
: "Ebola deaths in Congo top 3,000 as virus spreads at unprecedented speed"
3 posts
#3
Video
: "The Man Who Saved Lives By using Parasites"
1 post
Member Growth in r/infectiousdisease
Yearly
+2k members(24.7%)
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Last updated: October 1, 2026