Talk:List of childhood diseases

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[edit] Trying

Trying to save a dictdef article by making it into a list. Not sure that much can be written about the general topic "childhood disease" other than providing a list of them.

Might be useful to list common childhood diseases and then less common or rare childhood diseases separately.

Also might be useful to have a separate list of the childhood diseases for which there are vaccinations.

It seems to me the article should specify that it does not include diseases that can strike adults, or the list becomes meaningless. Tempshill 01:31, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Definition, inclusion criteria

This article needs a precise decision of "childhood diseases". As I have herd this term used, it refers specifically to infectious diseases that are usually acquired in childhood. This would exclude Duchenne's muscular dystrophy from the list, since this is not an infectious disease. Also, Chagas disease is on the list, but the article on this disease does not say anything about it predominantly affecting children.

I'm going to look for some sources that define "childhood disease", but perhaps somebody has some input? Is he back? 22:18, 2 March 2007 (UTC)