List of Human Disease Caused By Virus & Bacteria
| Disease |
Causing Agent
|
Infection / Transmission |
|---|---|---|
| AIDS | Human T -cell Leukemia Virus HTLV-III | blood and sperms , thru sexual contact homo or heterosexual) |
| Ascariasis | Ascaris lumbricoides | raw vegetables infected with eggs |
| Athletes' Foot | Trichophyton | bad foot hygiene |
| Bacillary Dysentery | Shigella Dysenterie | flies, food, faeces |
| Botulism | Clostridium botulinum | food poisoning |
| Chickenpox | Varicella Virus | contact |
| Cholera | Varibrio Cholerae | flies, food , faeces, carriers |
| Common Cold | Rhino Virus | contact |
| Dengue | Dengue Virus (arbovirus) | Aedes Mosquito |
| Diarrhea | Giardia intestinalis | contaminated stools |
| Diphtheria | Corynebacterium diptheriae ( Bacteria) | contact |
| Filariasis | Wuchereria bancrofti | mosquito, infection in lymph nodes and lymphatic vessels |
| Gonorrhoea | Diplococcus ( Neisseria gonorrhoeae) | sexual intercourse |
| Herpes | Herps Virus | contact |
| Hook worm disease | Ancylostoma Duedenale | faiseces and walking barefoot. |
| Influenza Flu | Orthomixovirus | contact |
| kala azar | Leishmania Donovani | infected sand fly |
| Leprosy | Mycobacterium Leprae | Long and close contact |
| Measles | Measles virus (ParaMyxoVirus) | contact |
| Mumps | Mumps Virus (Paramyxovirus) | contact, virus in saliva spreads |
| oriental Sore | Leishmania Tropica | infected sand fly |
| Pinworm Disease | Enterobius Vermicularis caecum | ingestion of eggs contaminated food |
| Plague | Yersinia Pestis | Rat Flea |
| Pneumonia | Diplococcus pneumoniae | bacteria transmission by contact. |
| Poliomyelitis | Polio Virus or Enterovirus | houseflies, food and water |
| Rabies | rhabdovirus | mad dog bites |
| Ringworm | Microsporum Trichophyton | cats and dogs |
| Septic Sore Throat | Streptococcus Bacteria | contact |
| Sleeping Sickness | Tryponosoma Brucei | reaches lymph nodes via transmission thru fly bites |
| Smallpox | Variola Virus | contact |
| Syphilis | Treponema Palladium | direct contact mainly sex |
| TB | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Bacteria transmission by cough |
| Tetanus | Clostidium tetani | bacteria in soil thru wounds |
| Typhoid | Salmonella Typhi | Flies, food etc. |
| Vaginatis | Trichomonas Vaginalis | Female Vaginal tracts, Male Urinary Tract both may be infected during coitus |
| Viral Encephelitis | arbovirus | mosquito Bite |
| Whooping cough | Hameophilius Pertussis | coughing and sneezing |
Hi Sir,
This is really good , in addition you could also mention the type of causative organism (bacteria, virus, worms etc.) in the causative agents as it will be difficult to identify the type of organism from their names.