For my geography paper I am talking about the diseases of Foot and Mouth Disease, Smallpox, and Spanish Influenza.

Question

Throughout my paper I am not sure whether I should be capitalizing these words or keeping them lower case.

example sentences below:

- This report will discuss the biological disasters of Foot and Mouth Disease, Smallpox, and Spanish Influenza.

- Unlike the disasters of Smallpox and Spanish Influenza, Foot and Mouth Disease was quickly and effectively contained.

If it is that I should keep these titles capitalized, for Foot and Mouth disease would you also capitalize the word disease, or keep it lower cased.

Foot and Mouth Disease (or)
Foot and Mouth disease

any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks

Answer 1

The only word that should be capitalized is "Spanish."

Diseases are not usually capitalized.