Human Diseases Caused By Bacteria
Disease | Causing Agent | Infection / Transmission |
Ascariasis | Ascaris lumbricoides | raw vegetables infected with eggs |
Athletes’ Foot | Trichophyton | bad foot hygiene |
Bacillary Dysentery | Shigella Dysenterie | flies, food, faeces |
Botulism | Clostridium botulinum | |
Cholera | Vibrio Cholerae | flies, food , faeces, carriers |
Diarrhea | Giardia intestinalis | contaminated stools |
Diphtheria | Corynebacterium diptheriae | Contact |
Filariasis | Wuchereria bancrofti | mosquito, infection in lymph nodes |
Gonorrhoea | Diplococcus | sexual intercourse |
Hook worm disease | Ancylostoma Duodenale | faiseces and walking barefoot. |
Kala azar | Leishmania Donovani | infected sand fly |
Leprosy | Mycobacterium Leprae | Long and close contact |
Oriental Sore | Leishmania Tropica | infected sand fly |
Pinworm Disease | Enterobius Vermicularis caecum | ingestion of eggs contaminated food |
Plague | Yersinia Pestis | Rat Flea |
Pneumonia | Diplococcus pneumonia | bacteria transmission by contact. |
Ringworm | Microsporum Trichophyton | cats and dogs |
Septic Sore Throat | Streptococcus Bacteria | Contact |
Sleeping Sickness | Tryponosoma Brucei | reaches lymph nodes through fly bites |
Syphilis | Treponema Pallidum | direct contact mainly sex |
TB | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | bacteria transmission by cough |
Tetanus | Clostridium tetani | bacteria in soil through wounds |
Typhoid | Salmonella Typhi | Flies, food etc. |
Vaginitis | Trichomonas Vaginalis | Female Vaginal amp; Male Urinary Tract |
Whooping cough | Hameophilius Pertussis | coughing and sneezing |
Human Diseases Caused By Viruses
Disease | Causing Agent | Infection / Transmission |
AIDS | Human T -cell Leukemia Virus | HTLV-III blood and sperms , through sexual contact |
Chicken Pox | Varicella | Contact |
Common Cold | Rhino | Contact |
Dengue | Dengue Virus | Aedes Mosquito |
Herpes | Herpes Virus | Contact |
Influenza Flu | Orthomyxo Virus | Contact |
Measle | Measles virus (Paramyxo Virus) | Contact |
Mumps | Mumps Virus (Paramyxo virus) | contact, virus in saliva spreads |
Poliomyelitis | Polio Virus or Enterovirus | houseflies, food and water |
Rabies | Rhabdo virus | mad dog bites |
Smallpox | Variola Virus | Contact |
Viral Encephelitis | Arbovirus | mosquito Bite |
