UF Health Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology in Jacksonville offers the only comprehensive pediatric infectious disease service in Northeast Florida.

Pediatric infectious diseases: Our expertise

Our University of Florida pediatricians are accomplished practitioners who are dedicated to the prevention, detection and care of childhood infectious diseases.

• These experts work with primary care physicians and community agencies to ensure children have full access to immunizations, and parents and caregivers understand how to prevent contagious diseases.

• Pediatric specialists are also available for consultation and training for local physicians and their staffs.

• These faculty pediatricians of the University of Florida Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology have a long track record of involvement in clinical research, particularly in the area of pediatric HIV/AIDS.

• The division houses a unique multispecialty clinical and research center dedicated to the prevention and treatment of pediatric HIV/AIDS, the UF Center for HIV/AIDS Research, Education and Service (UF CARES). UF CARES also provides comprehensive services for families, including adults, and is the only pediatric and adult family-focused HIV and AIDS program in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.

Infectious diseases we treat:

Specialists in the division provide individualized consultation and advice for the child's primary care physician. They also care for hospitalized children with infectious diseases, such as:

• Bone and joint infections
• Fever of unknown origin (FUO)
• Fifth's disease
• HIV/AIDS
• Immunodeficiency disorders
• Influenza
• Kawasaki disease
• Measles and rubella
• Meningitis
• MRSA infections
• Mumps
• Pertussis or whooping cough
• Pneumonia
• Recurrent infections
• Roseola
• Travel medicine and international adoption
• Tuberculosis
• Varicella or chicken pox