science-Diseases

Diseases caused by Bacteria

• Cholera – Vibrio cholerae
• Anthrax– Bacillus Anthrasis
• Diphtheria – Corynebacterium diphtheriae
  
• Leprosy – Mycobacterium leprae
  
• Botulism – Clostridium botulinum
  
• Syphilis – Treponema pallidum
  
• Tetanus – Clostridium tetani
  
• Trachoma – Chlamydia trachomatis
  
• Tuberculosis –  Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  
• Typhoid fever – Salmonella typhi.
  
• Whooping cough– Bordetella pertussis

Diseases caused by Virus

• AIDS – Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV)
  
• Influenza – Influenza virus
  
• Mumps- Mumps Virus
  
• Polio – Polio Virus
  
• Chicken Pox – Varicella zoster virus
  
• Small Pox – It is caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor.
  
• Measles- Measles Virus
  
• Dengue fever – Dengue Virus
  
• Chikungunya  – Chikungunya virus.
  
• Rabies – Rabies virus
  
• SARS – SARS coronavirus

Diseases caused by Fungi

• Athlete’s foot –  caused by the mold known as Epidermophyton floccosum

Diseases caused by Protozoa

• Malaria –   Plasmodium vivax
• Amoebic dysentery –  Entamoeba histolytica

Diseases caused by flatworms and roundworms

• Filariasis – parasitic disease caused by an infection with roundworms of the Filarioidea type
• Hookworm disease– Ancylostoma duodenale
• Roundworm disease– Ascaris lumbricoides
• Blood fluke disease– Schistossoma mansoni