General Knowledge - List of Human Diseases caused by Bacteria and Virus

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List of Human Diseases caused by Bacteria and Virus

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

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