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 & 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
|
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